Upon arriving at customs in Berlin’s Schönefeld Airport on February 3rd, a 69-year-old man, who had flown in from Cairo, Egypt, explained to officers that he had nothing to declare and demanded to leave the security area. But officers noticed a suspicious pastry box in the man’s bag and decided to double-check his claim. According to a press release from the customs office, the man said he was transporting a box of chocolate pastries.
The tortoises are protected by the Washington Convention on the Protection of Animals, and were therefore immediately confiscated. They were placed in the care of the border veterinarian to await further action from the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.
We’re not sure how the man thought he would slip through customs with a pastry box clearly filled with turtles, but we’re so glad his plan was thwarted.
In 2011, the TSA reported that another passenger attempted to smuggle three small turtles through customs.
With the influx of emotional support animals, airlines have had to grapple with even stranger species lining up to board.
MONKEY BUSINESS! Meet Gizmo who stirred all that trouble on a #LasVegas bound Frontier Airlines flight 🐒✈️@News3LV pic.twitter.com/aQv8j4bT8u
— Nathan O'Neal (@nateoneal) August 15, 2016
We certainly couldn’t.
[fm_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PE5Mxbxy-E"]This passenger brought her duck on board at Charleston CHS. The TSA Instagram account reminded followers to check service animal policies before arriving to the airport.
Emotional support inflatable flamingos — although “out of their element in the airport environment” — have also succesfully made their way through the TSA checkpoint.
So true, TSA.
If you ever have any questions about bringing your emotional support animals, or other strange creatures you come upon, with you on the plane, feel free to shoot a message to @AskTSA on Twitter.
Seriously.
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