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The US Customs thing is so complicated.

Back in the 1980s I worked at a Highland Outfitter in California and we had to deal with that constantly.

The law might have been changed, but at that time a "wool garment" and a "fringed garment" were separate categories.

The duty was much higher on "fringed garments" so kilts were sent to us with the fringe not pulled out. (I'd have to pull out the fringe when an order of kilts came in, for example 20 for our Pipe Band.)

Anyway, about various creatures that aren't 'sea mammals' I don't know.

I have even LESS understanding of how goods are taxed in the UK for local use or consumption by UK citizens. It appears that the intent is to encourage local industry by NOT charging taxes on goods that are being exported. I'm amazed when I see kilt prices charged to Scottish Citizens much higher than what we in the US have to pay for the same garments.

But, about the white-furred ermine. I've seen one, live, just within the past two months, when I went for my very first Nordic Ski lesson, 15 miles away, 2000 ft up vertically from Bozeman. After my lesson, I was sitting in the public room at the ski center, and my eye was caught by what looked like a tiny self-propelled cocktail cherry flitting across brand new snow. But then I noticed 4 associated bits of black roughly at corners of a rectangle and realized I was looking at a real, live ermine. Enough for me never to employ one as a pocket.