Donald Trump Jnr accused of killing rare duck while hunting in Venice
An environmentalist slammed Trump Jnr for killing a Ruddy Shelduck and violating EU and Italian wildlife laws
A politician from Italy’s Veneto region said on Tuesday he had denounced Donald Trump Jnr to authorities for allegedly killing a protected species of duck while hunting in Venice lagoon.
Regional counsellor and environmentalist Andrea Zanoni said an online video from Field Ethos – published by Trump Jnr and marketed as a “premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man” – showed “some people, including Donald Trump Jnr, killing various ducks”.
“In the video, Trump Jnr is seen with a Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in the foreground – a duck that is very rare throughout Europe and protected by the European Union Birds Directive and Italian wildlife protection law,” Zanoni wrote on social media.
Zanoni said killing the protected bird was a crime.
Neither Zanoni nor Trump Jnr immediately responded to a request for comment.
In the video, republished by the Corriere della Sera daily, Trump Jnr is seeing shooting at ducks from a pit blind before addressing the camera.