The news could have been that Donald Trump Jr. I had visited Italia. But when it transpired that the son of the new president of the United States was last December hunting A protected species of birds in the famous lagoon of VeniceUnesco World Heritage City since 1987, indignation extended as gunpowder between citizens and some politicians.
The images have been embodied in a video, which went viral this Tuesday and has been republicated by several newspapers in the country. In it, Donald Trump Jr., dressed from head to toe with military uniformwield a long rifle and, acting as if it were in A war scenarioshoot repeatedly against several ducks. Next, the son of an American president boasts of his “trophies”, among them Casarca specimens (Tadorna Ferrugginea), a type of duck belonging to the Anatidae family, very rare in Europe.
Some images, these, that have been enough for the scandal in Italywhere environmental groups are very active. So much so that the most fierce criticism came precisely from an environmentalist, Andrea ZanoniVéneto Councilor of Green Europe, and even denounced Trump’s rod before Italian justice.
The Parliament, consulted
“In the video, Trump J. is seen with a copy of [pato] Casarca in the foreground. Is A protected animal by the Bird Directive of the European Union and by the Italian legislation regarding the protection of the fauna silvestre”there explained Zanoni. “El Véneto [la región de Venecia] It is not owned by the United States, “the politician continued before asking who authorized Trump Jr. to hunt birds in Venice.
Europe Green has also presented a petition for the Minister of Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratinhelps to give Explanations to Parliament. An application that ends up forcing Fratin to pronounce on the case. “I have read the news but I don’t know anything, or when it happened or how. I have asked for an investigation “Frattin replied.
The two main opposition formations, the 5 -star movement and the Democratic Party, have also supported the complaints of the greens. “It’s a very serious. The hunt for protected species is a crime, “said the deputy Luana Zanella.
According to Italian law, hunting is prohibited for non -residents without specific authorizations, and the area in which the hunting was supposedly carried out is part of the Natura 2000 network, a Special Conservation Zone subject to strict protections Environmental
