A prosecutor in the northern city of Venice opened an investigation against US President Donald Trump’s oldest son on allegations of illegal hunting, according to Italian media reports. The probe of Donald John Trump Jr came after a criminal complaint filed Feb. 4 by the Italian Anti-Vivisection League, said the Il Post news outlet.

A criminal investigation was officially launched in Italy after a video showed Donald Trump Jr. fatally shooting a protected species of duck at a Venice lagoon a couple of weeks ago

A video shows Trump showing off a rust-colored duck, which some viewers have identified as a ruddy shelduck — a bird protected across Europe.

Prosecutors are investigating whether Donald Trump Jr. illegally hunted a protected duck during a trip to the Venice lagoon last December. Earlier this month, a local hunting lifestyle company called Field Ethos released a video online of Trump’s trip that showed him shooting waterfowl in a special conservation area of the lagoon,

Prosecutors in Venice have initiated a criminal investigation into Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting party concerning a recent duck hunting trip, as reported by a regional daily newspaper in Italy on Tuesday.