Donald Trump Jr. accused of killing rare, protected bird on trip to Italy

Donald Trump Jr. is being accused of breaking Italian and European Union biology extortion laws for illegally hunting uncommon ducks adjacent Venice, Italy successful December 2024, according to 2 Italian Green enactment lawmakers.

Andrea Zanoni, a subordinate of the Veneto determination assembly, and Luana Zanella, a nationalist parliamentarian, person filed 2 abstracted parliamentary questions urging determination and nationalist authorities to instrumentality enactment against the alleged offence.

In a Facebook station connected Tuesday, Zanoni said helium had seen footage of Trump, the eldest lad of U.S. President Donald Trump, hunting successful a Natura 2000 EU conservation portion successful the Venice lagoon, lasting adjacent a dormant ruddy shelduck, which is simply a protected species.

“The video shows Trump Jr. with a ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) successful the foreground, a duck that is precise uncommon successful each of Europe and protected by the EU Birds Directive and by the Italian instrumentality connected the extortion of chaotic fauna. The sidesplitting oregon holding of this carnal is punishable by instrumentality and truthful according to Italian instrumentality it constitutes a precise transgression of the judiciary’s competence,” Zanoni said.

“Trump Jr. knew helium couldn’t hunt successful Italy. Only residents of 1 of the Italian regions tin hunt successful Italy due to the fact that you request to person a hunting card, which is issued by instrumentality by the portion of residence of the applicant.

“I person submitted an interrogation for the Region to study connected what sanctions it intends to impose, specified arsenic suspending oregon revoking the authorization towards the Venatoria wildlife institution and those liable for acts successful usurpation of Italian and European standards.”

Zanoni said helium saw Trump, 48, holding the uncommon duck successful the marshlands adjacent Venice successful a now-deleted six-minute video from Field Ethos, an outdoor activities marque co-founded by Trump. The marque describes itself arsenic a “premiere manner work for the unapologetic man.”

In the video, reposted to assorted societal media accounts, Trump tin beryllium seen successful a camouflage suit holding a firearm and firing shots upwards.

“Great morning. Lot of wigeon, teal. This is really an uncommon duck for the area. Not adjacent definite what it is successful English but unthinkable shoot,” Trump says, describing his hunting spoils.

Trump goes connected to picture the foggy greeting ambiance and adds, “With the fog, portion the enactment was slower they were close successful the decoy spread. Once they saw the decoys they conscionable came close in.”

According to Reuters, a voiceover successful the Field Ethos YouTube video says the expedition took spot connected backstage land, and that hunting determination occurs nary much than erstwhile a week and precautions are taken to respect the section environment.

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A shorter mentation of the video was posted to YouTube by Field Ethos connected Dec. 31, 2024. Media reported that Trump was successful Venice successful December for a “romantic vacation” with his girlfriend, Bettina Anderson.

Anderson shared images during the travel to Italy, including a photograph of a gondola thrust and an representation of a brace of Frette slippers, which are made successful Italy.

Trump Jr. and Field Ethos person not commented publically connected the allegations.

—With files from Reuters