The duck's demise has sparked a furious response from environmental and animal rights campaigners in Italy, which have been demanding an investigation into what ha

The Enhanced Games revealed on Thursday that Don Jr.’s venture firm 1789 Capital will co-lead a multi-million-dollar investment round for the controversial group.

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,

Activists said video showed Trump Jr. with a dead ruddy shelduck, a protected species, near the Venice Lagoon. His spokesman said the group had the necessary permits.

Image via Shutterstock The situation around Donald Trump Jr. allegedly killing a rare duck has escalated. Now, Italian authorities have officially launched a probe into whether the politician's son committed a crime.

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.