BY JOHN NASH On 29th April, Nanny Beeb’s World Service broadcast a ten-minute audio about Peter Singer and his famous Drowning Child thought experiment – considered one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy, no less. Imagine you are walking to work past a shallow pond and see a small child flailing, unable to keep its head above water. You can easily jump in … Continue reading Drowning Child
BY JOHN NASH Sometimes, Dear Reader, amid the present dark and dismal forest of terrible weather, the daily struggle against the parasitic blobberati, the equally exasperating snivel service, Sir Keir Harmer and, of course, Mad Miliband’s blind dash back to the palaeolithic, it is sheer joy to be reminded of England when you suddenly come across a sheltered glade of genuinely delightful and wonderful, heartwarming, … Continue reading Predators and Parasites
BY JOHN NASH COP20 — the latest Conference of the Parties to CITES — has just drawn to a close in Uzbekistan, and once again, what ought to be a sober gathering of grown-ups discussing wildlife trade was overrun by the usual swarm of parasitic NGOs and tin-shakers clutching fluffy toy elephants like infants’ emotional support animals. Instead of encouraging the tried-and-tested systems that actually … Continue reading Hunting, Humanity & the Circus at CITES
BY JOHN NASH A couple of weeks ago, I commented on a deceitful article about giraffes written by Don Pinnock—affectionately known as Dumb Pillock—regarding the 40 million acres of South Africa’s legitimate and economically significant US$2.5 billion sustainable game hunting industry. I concluded that piece with the remark: “It would be difficult to pack more deceit into one article.” I must admit, that wasn’t entirely … Continue reading ‘Africans Hate Hunters’ Propaganda
BY JOHN NASH On July 8th, The Maverick published an article by Don Pinnock, a well known Greenie pillock, entitled, with more neck than even his subject, “Giraffes under siege: The silent crisis of trophy hunting and its threat to survival”. The article is a textbook example of paltering – eco-junk food, fed to non-hunters by snake-oil spinners, eco-mendicants and certain lying UK MPs. It carries … Continue reading Having a Giraffe
BY JOHN NASH A small queef of excitement has crept into the Westminster Asylum, that island reserve where the rare creatures of Homo politicus vulgaris live in splendid and well-appointed isolation. A sub-species among them, H. politicus tetraodontiformicus, known as ‘Westminster Greenies’, are in a state of near hysteria. Fascinating and easily identified by their piscatorial aroma, they are related to the puffer and blow … Continue reading Eco-Charlatans’ Festival of Flatulence
BY JOHN NASH There are moments when, even ignoring the vegan propaganda, one article captures a much wider malaise. Such was the case when I recently read a Psychology Today piece by Dr Marc Bekoff, titled “Keeping Cecil the Poster Lion Alive to End Trophy Hunting.” What troubled me was not just its truth-bending and the familiar disapproval of hunting— particularly trophy hunting—but the … Continue reading In Defence of the Hunter
BY JOHN NASH Robbie Kroger’s webcasts on Blood Origins celebrate world hunting – the very title recognises that hunting “is in the blood” of hunters. His recent “Origins” webcast featured a fascinating interview with Ben Hudson, ex-hunter and born-again vegan with a 100-acre organic farm in South Carolina, 50% of which he has rewilded. Like many vegans, Ben holds several modern philosophical views about hunting, … Continue reading Another World
BY JOHN NASH On 4th April, Channel 4 TV News Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, ran a tailpiece about the continuing attempts in the Westminster Asylum to ban hunting trophy imports into the UK, together with a short article on the C4 website. He pointed out that it is still legal to import “heads and body parts of species like buffalo, lion and giraffe despite promises … Continue reading Big Cats and Polecats
BY JOHN NASH Readers of Country Squire Magazine will know that I often write about the fatuous brain-fart called animal rights, a mental parasite of ‘academics’ and well-fed, well-protected, largely urban civilians who are completely isolated from the natural world, leaving them with absolutely no understanding where their food or property actually come from. They are the majority in any modern democracy and by the … Continue reading Time to ROAR
BY JOHN NASH Dear Reader, it is time to reach for the ivory panic bars on either side of your commode. We bring to you a sensational revelation. On 15th February, The Guardian dramatically revealed, “WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals. Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy hunting”, written … Continue reading Bear Truths
BY JAMIE FOSTER A Hilariously Honest Look at the Animal Rights Debate John Nash’s ‘Animal Rights: Complete & Utter Bullsh*t’ isn’t your typical animal rights book. Forget the preachy tone and guilt-tripping; Nash delivers a refreshing, irreverent, and ultimately insightful exploration of this complex and often-polarised topic. He achieves this through a blend of sharp wit, historical context, and a healthy dose of common sense, … Continue reading A Review of ‘Animal Rights: Complete & Utter Bullsh*t’
BY ROGER WATSON A few years ago, I had dinner in Hong Kong with an Australian sheep farmer who had sold his property for hundreds of millions of Australian dollars. By then, he was living in a prime Sydney Harbour apartment, married to a colleague of mine—a glamorous former Australian Olympic athlete and recipient of the prestigious Order of Australia. His daughter flew for Cathay … Continue reading Territory
BY JOHN NASH An open letter to John Thomas, President and publisher, Psychology Today. Dear Mr Thomas, On November 29, 2024, your esteemed publication, Psychology Today, published an article entitled “Trophy Hunting, Ageism, and the Loss of Animal Cultures” by Professor Marc Bekoff Ph.D. The article began with a quotation: “Trophy hunting is leading to the extinction of a number of species. Scientific studies have … Continue reading To John Thomas, Psychology Today
BY JOHN NASH Recently, under the somewhat misleading banner of BBC News “Inside Science” (I kid you not, Dear Reader), we were treated to another pokey finger of hypocrisy courtesy of some Bash Britain Corporation (BBC) Radio 4 presenter or other. It was a piece about that much decorated monkey wench, Dame Jane Goodall, warning us that “The sixth great extinction is happening.” Will someone … Continue reading Monkey Business – The Real Jane Goodall
BY JOHN NASH Here follows a heartwarming story of sincerity and animal love for you: On November 18th, a whole swathe of media outlets, no doubt fed by that deceptive propagandist and shyster Eduardo Gonçalves, including the heavy metal and hard rock website Blabbermouth, reported that Ozzy Osbourne, the unreliable junkie frontman, kicked out of the band Black Sabbath way back in 1979, has … Continue reading Rock and Roleplay
BY JOHN NASH On Monday 18th November, by an amazing coincidence just in time to confuse Farmer’s Day on the 19th, YouGov published a survey, “Where do the British public stand on hunting?” The short answer is they don’t – their ability to stand on hunting approximates that of standing a drunk worm on end. It makes for interesting reading, mainly because it illustrates … Continue reading Eco Illiteracy
BY JOHN NASH On Saturday 12th October, The Express sprinkled upon its online readers yet more blatant hatemongering against hunters, reigniting the Campaign to Undermine Parliament by the shyster Eduardo Gonçalves and his political stunt, the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting (CBTH). In the article, a glittering assortment of Gonçalves’ celebrity donkeys simultaneously demonstrated their gullibility and ignorance by repeating his poisonous political mantra – … Continue reading Tiger, Tiger, Burning Spite
BY JOHN NASH For the benefit of Volk Starmer, the Israel disarmer, and his red (nose) government with the long rubber shoes – what is the difference between human rights and animal rights? That’s easy. Outside the Labour Party, human rights are very, very important, and animal rights do not exist. It’s difficult to explain to politicians using crayons and alphabet blocks, but here goes. … Continue reading Animal Wrongs
BY JOHN NASH Silly season August it is, and World Lion Day on the 10th has seen the publication of another soppy-science report, this time in Nature Conservation, a publication that “strongly encourages papers on ethical… issues related to the management and use of biodiversity and ecosystems” but then also rejects manuscripts of “low scientific quality”. How it squares the circle between an unscientific ethical … Continue reading Big Cats Make Fat Cats
