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.