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Italian politician says Trump Jr shot rare duck in Venice

By AFP
February 05, 2025
US President Donald Trumps son Trump Jr. — Reuters/File
US President Donald Trump's son Trump Jr. — Reuters/File

ROME: A politician from Italy´s Veneto region said on Tuesday he had denounced Donald Trump Jr 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 Jr and marketed as a “premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man” -- showed “some people, including Donald Trump Jr, killing various ducks”.

“In the video, Trump Jr 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.