Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon

[muriel_volestrangler]

A politician from Italy’s Veneto region says he has reported Donald Trump Jr to the authorities for allegedly killing a protected species of duck while hunting in Venice lagoon.

Andrea Zanoni, the regional counsellor and environmentalist, 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.
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“Great morning, lots of wigeon, teal. This is actually a rather uncommon duck for the area. Not even sure what it is in English,” Trump Jr says, pointing to an orange-brown duck among at least six other dead waterfowl around him.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/donald-trump-jr-accused-of-killing-protected-bird-in-venice-lagoon

Trump brought up 2 sons obsessed with killing. I don't think any other recent president has failed as a parent.

[thinkingagain]

1. One thing I know about hunting

Know your laws in the area you are hunting.
I can only hope that he gets arrested
By the EU
A big wanted poster on him would be nice.

[BobTheSubgenius]

29. There was a story about hunters not knowing WTF they were doing while hunting on Vancouver Island some years ago.

They were driving back to the ferry terminal with a protected dead elk strapped to their truck. All this cost them was their guns, truck, boat and $5000 in fines between the two of them. I doubt they'll be back, even when their hunting prohibition expires.

[RockCreek]

2. Lock him up

[Botany]

3. The mother fucker can go to the Trump winery in VA and kill all the invasive non migratory Canada Geese &

White Tailed Deer he wants and if he wants to hunt in Italy then he needs to follow the game
laws of the Italian region he is hunting.

Btw if you can’t I.D. the animal you are shooting @ don’t shoot it.

“Great morning, lots of wigeon, teal. This is actually a rather uncommon duck for the area. Not even sure what it is in English,” Trump Jr says, pointing to an orange-brown duck among at least six other dead waterfowl around him.

[4catsmom]

4. this guy just goes around the world killing animals

while his father kills the country

[niyad]

5. Does this asshole have ss protection again? Are we once again on the hook

for his sprees?

[riversedge]

32. I read that Barron Trump has protection, but I do not know about Jr. trump

[Tanuki]

6. We're all on the hook for Secret Service protection

for him while he does what he pleases all over the world, along with his siblings and all the grandkids.
This illegal hunting incident happened in Venice in December, when he was reportedly on a "romantic vacation" with his new, post-Kimberly Guilfoyle girlfriend.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/after-sealing-the-deal-for-dad-love-rat-donald-trump-jr-vacations-in-italy-with-new-love-bettina-anderson/articleshow/116509698.cms

[BoRaGard]

9. What a royal republicon ripoff

"Don't try that punkass G.O.P. gun-humpy shit in Greece, Dinky Donny,
or your ass belongs to me. Helllll hath no freaking fury...etc."

- Kimby Guile (R-AmaBassAdor to Greaz)

[BoRaGard]

11. #DinkyDonny now going viral

forgive me. Satan (R) forced me to snark

[lastlib]

14. Brain bleach!!!

Must.....un.....see...........

GAWD, that is a hideous creature!

[Evolve Dammit]

16. Aaaauuuuggghhhh! Warn me next time FCS

[BoRaGard]

7. junior is such a republicon

such debased "values"

[bluesbassman]

8. "The unapologetic man"? I guess that's the new euphemism for an ignorant, useless POS.

How that asshole hasn't had somebody beat him to pulp is indeed a great mystery.

[SergeStorms]

10. Failed as a parent?

He's a total failure at being a human being.

[pandr32]

18. 100%

[PortTack]

12. Would you please keep him...and throw his sorry ass in jail!

[flvegan]

13. lol "premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man"

a/k/a DoucheMag

[Paladin]

15. Why would we expect anything better from trump jr.?

I hope the Italian authorities make his life miserable over this incident.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. Merloni will make sure he's not charged.....

[Lulu KC]

19. I feel sick to my stomach

Just the idea of shooting in a Venice lagoon turns me green.

[Ilsa]

20. Fuckhead doesn't know what it is, so he kills it.

I hope there is a huge fine and a short jail term.

[JoseBalow]

21. drumpf's sons murder endangered animals for sport

The whole family are disgusting scumbag pieces of shit.

[Bluethroughu]

25. I hate these trash humans.

[CaptainTruth]

22. There's a famous prison in Venice, you cross a bridge to get to it.

Apparently prisoners would sigh as they caught their last glimpse of Venice from the bridge before entering the prison, never to come out. Hence, the Bridge of Sighs.

I think it would be a good place for Cokesnorter McDuckslayer Jr to spend some time.

[purr-rat beauty]

23. I would love for Italian Authorities to get their hands on him...

they aren't the nicest of people

[moose65]

24. What an asshole

Trump Jr is almost as repulsive to me as Trump Sr. I can't stand his resting smirk face, or his Thurston Howell III "millionaire voice," or his greasy hair.

I guess he is satisfying his bloodlust by being an "avid trophy hunter," but it strikes as just performance. A rich guy brought up in the lap of luxury has no need for hunting.

Is it wrong to wish that the grizzly bear he's hunting might fall on him instead??

[rampartd]

26. i usuallt root for the bears

hunting is not "sport" unless the animals can shoot back.

[JoseBalow]

28. "You don't come here for the hunting, do you?"

[umroman]

27. He went to Venice and all he could think to do

was kill? Was the Gallerie dell' Accedemia closed?

[riversedge]

33. The Trumps have money to worldwide and do what they want.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Lock this idiot up

Link to tweet

BREAKING: Donald Trump Jr. is embroiled in a disturbing scandal as an Italian politician accuses him of illegally hunting protected birds while on vacation with his new girlfriend.

And this time there's video proof of his bloodthirstiness...

According to Veneto regional counselor Andrea Zanoni, the president's son shot protected ruddy shelduck inside a special conservation part of the Venice lagoon.

An online video from hunting lifestyle company Field Ethos does indeed show Don Jr. shooting at waterfowl in the conservation zone. In it, he addresses the camera directly while surrounded with dead birds, including the ruddy shelduck.

Zanoni has filed a criminal complaint with the forest police because killing these birds is a criminal violation and worst still Trump wasn't allowed to be hunting in Italy in the first place.

"Only residents of an Italian region can hunt in Italy because they must have a hunting license, which by law is issued by the region where the hunter lives," Zanoni wrote.

Additionally, a local animal rights group has filed a complaint against the company that accompanied Don Jr. on his hunt.

[Dem4life1234]

31. Horrible gene pool of evilness

[Straw Man]

34. Don't you usually need a guide when you go hunting in a foreign country?

He'll probably try to blame it on them.