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muriel_volestrangler

(102,980 posts)
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 08:41 AM Feb 4

Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon

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.
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Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Feb 4 OP
One thing I know about hunting thinkingagain Feb 4 #1
There was a story about hunters not knowing WTF they were doing while hunting on Vancouver Island some years ago. BobTheSubgenius Feb 4 #29
Lock him up RockCreek Feb 4 #2
The mother fucker can go to the Trump winery in VA and kill all the invasive non migratory Canada Geese & Botany Feb 4 #3
this guy just goes around the world killing animals 4catsmom Feb 4 #4
Does this asshole have ss protection again? Are we once again on the hook niyad Feb 4 #5
I read that Barron Trump has protection, but I do not know about Jr. trump riversedge Wednesday #32
We're all on the hook for Secret Service protection Tanuki Feb 4 #6
What a royal republicon ripoff BoRaGard Feb 4 #9
#DinkyDonny now going viral BoRaGard Feb 4 #11
Brain bleach!!! lastlib Feb 4 #14
Aaaauuuuggghhhh! Warn me next time FCS Evolve Dammit Feb 4 #16
junior is such a republicon BoRaGard Feb 4 #7
"The unapologetic man"? I guess that's the new euphemism for an ignorant, useless POS. bluesbassman Feb 4 #8
Failed as a parent? SergeStorms Feb 4 #10
100% pandr32 Feb 4 #18
Would you please keep him...and throw his sorry ass in jail! PortTack Feb 4 #12
lol "premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man" flvegan Feb 4 #13
Why would we expect anything better from trump jr.? Paladin Feb 4 #15
Merloni will make sure he's not charged..... Evolve Dammit Feb 4 #17
I feel sick to my stomach Lulu KC Feb 4 #19
Fuckhead doesn't know what it is, so he kills it. Ilsa Feb 4 #20
drumpf's sons murder endangered animals for sport JoseBalow Feb 4 #21
I hate these trash humans. Bluethroughu Feb 4 #25
There's a famous prison in Venice, you cross a bridge to get to it. CaptainTruth Feb 4 #22
I would love for Italian Authorities to get their hands on him... purr-rat beauty Feb 4 #23
What an asshole moose65 Feb 4 #24
i usuallt root for the bears rampartd Feb 4 #26
"You don't come here for the hunting, do you?" JoseBalow Feb 4 #28
He went to Venice and all he could think to do umroman Feb 4 #27
The Trumps have money to worldwide and do what they want. riversedge Wednesday #33
Lock this idiot up LetMyPeopleVote Feb 4 #30
Horrible gene pool of evilness Dem4life1234 Feb 4 #31
Don't you usually need a guide when you go hunting in a foreign country? Straw Man Wednesday #34

thinkingagain

(1,225 posts)
1. One thing I know about hunting
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 08:47 AM
Feb 4

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

(11,860 posts)
29. There was a story about hunters not knowing WTF they were doing while hunting on Vancouver Island some years ago.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 12:18 PM
Feb 4

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.

Botany

(73,126 posts)
3. The mother fucker can go to the Trump winery in VA and kill all the invasive non migratory Canada Geese &
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:14 AM
Feb 4

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.


Tanuki

(15,561 posts)
6. We're all on the hook for Secret Service protection
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:30 AM
Feb 4

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

(3,929 posts)
9. What a royal republicon ripoff
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:39 AM
Feb 4

"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)

bluesbassman

(20,071 posts)
8. "The unapologetic man"? I guess that's the new euphemism for an ignorant, useless POS.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:35 AM
Feb 4

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

Paladin

(29,337 posts)
15. Why would we expect anything better from trump jr.?
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:16 AM
Feb 4

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

CaptainTruth

(7,392 posts)
22. There's a famous prison in Venice, you cross a bridge to get to it.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:26 AM
Feb 4

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.

moose65

(3,351 posts)
24. What an asshole
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:29 AM
Feb 4

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??

LetMyPeopleVote

(157,833 posts)
30. Lock this idiot up
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 05:39 PM
Feb 4


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.

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