A video shows Trump showing off a rust-colored duck, which some viewers have identified as a ruddy shelduck — a bird protected across Europe.

An Italian lawmaker has filed a legal complaint for hunting without a license against Donald Trump Jr. and his hunting party after video emerged showing him surrounded by dead birds that he and his group allegedly shot in a protected conservation area of the Venice lagoon.

Image via Shutterstock Donald Trump Jr. is speaking out (well indirectly) after being accused of illegally hunting and killing a rare duck in Italy. Don Jr. was on a hunting trip in the country. A video surfaced of him along with several others hunting.

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, broke Italian and European Union environmental protection laws when he hunted ducks near Venice in December, according to two Italian Green party lawmakers.

Images showing Don Jr, the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, wearing camo gear and reportedly shooting ducks in the Venice area have caused outrage

Politicians in Italy have asked authorities to take action against a hunting party including Donald Trump Jr. that may have killed a protected species of duck near Venice

An Italian politician with an anti-hunting background has accused the president's son of several hunting violations. Here's what's actually going on.