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.

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.

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.

Donald Trump Jr., President Trump’s adult son, and a group he was with have been accused of hunting a protected duck in Italy. Andrea Zanoni, an Italian politician, said in a post on Facebook this

Donald Trump Jr. published a video of him hunting in Venice, Italy. An Italian lawmaker has filed a legal complaint against Trump Jr. for hunting without a license in a protected conservation area.

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.

Italian politicians want action against a hunting party that included the president's son, who they accuse of allegedly killing a ruddy shelduck. One Italian paper called it the "Donald duck crisis."