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.

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.

"The video shows Trump Jr. with a ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in the foreground, a duck that is very rare in all of Europe and protected by the EU Birds Directive and by the Italian law on the protection of wild fauna ... The killing or holding of this animal is punishable by law," Zanoni said.

Italian politicians are calling for action after Donald Trump Jr.’s hunting party allegedly killed a protected ruddy shelduck near Venice.

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

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

Politicians in Italy have asked authorities to take action against a hunting party including Donald Trump Jr. that may have killed a protected species of duck near Venice

Fury erupted among environmental activists in after they obtained a video showing Donald Trump Jr. and a group of hunters shooting ducks in the Venice Lagoon.