Veneto Green Europe Regional Councillor Andrea Zanoni on Tuesday told ANSA he filed the complaint.
According to Zanoni’s complaint, Trump Jr allegedly hunted protected species of birds, which constitutes a criminal as well as an administrative violation.
A video of Trump Jr out hunting has become a case in Veneto and beyond after Zanoni said criminal and administrative violations had been committed in Campagna Lupia last December.
Zanoni told ANSA that the violations included the fact that Trump Jr should have resided in an Italian region to be granted a hunting permit.
He added that the Veneto region imposes a different hunting calendar for each species.
“Were these limits respected? Not according to the images,” he said, referring to the online video which he said showed several people, including Trump Jr, killing various ducks.
The video, which was also published by newspaper Corriere della sera, shows Trump Jr shooting at ducks.
In the video, Trump Jr then addresses the camera and points to an orange-brown duck among at least six other dead waterfowl around him.
Zanoni said that among the dead ducks included a ruddy shelduck, which is protected by the EU Birds Directive and Italian wildlife protection legislation.
The Councillor also claimed the video was shot in a special conservation area south of Venice.
Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto commented on the alleged violation saying he was “waiting for a report to know more and have all the information”.
ANSA
