A Letter from US Interior Secretary

[Hoas]

A Letter from America COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY JOHN NASH Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t …

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A Letter from America​

BY JOHN NASH

Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t understand that hunting is one of the most important rural management functions). He urged her to reconsider the fraudulent Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Act 2025. Sadly, nobody told him that the wheel of the UK government is still turning, but the hamster fell out long ago.

Being an American and having no concept of Labour’s stale and vulgar cat-litter of a class war, he emphasised that while the bill may be “well-intentioned, it risks undermining conservation efforts not only in the United States, but in communities around the world. Legal, well-regulated hunting, particularly trophy hunting, plays a vital role in supporting healthy wildlife populations, restoring habitat, and supporting local economies. The proposed UK ban risks undermining decades of globally recognised, science‑based wildlife management practices that have helped restore numerous species from the brink.” He highlighted the existing CITES framework that provides a global mechanism to raise and solve concerns, and made clear his department’s alarm at the direction Britain is taking under Sir Queef Starmer. It is obviously also far beyond American comprehension that any modern country, let alone Blighty, can be led by somebody so lacking in direction that he couldn’t even find his own bum using both hands, Grey’s Anatomy, and a road map.

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[leslie hetrick]

A Letter from America COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY JOHN NASH Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t …

countrysquire.co.uk

A Letter from America​

BY JOHN NASH

Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t understand that hunting is one of the most important rural management functions). He urged her to reconsider the fraudulent Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Act 2025. Sadly, nobody told him that the wheel of the UK government is still turning, but the hamster fell out long ago.

Being an American and having no concept of Labour’s stale and vulgar cat-litter of a class war, he emphasised that while the bill may be “well-intentioned, it risks undermining conservation efforts not only in the United States, but in communities around the world. Legal, well-regulated hunting, particularly trophy hunting, plays a vital role in supporting healthy wildlife populations, restoring habitat, and supporting local economies. The proposed UK ban risks undermining decades of globally recognised, science‑based wildlife management practices that have helped restore numerous species from the brink.” He highlighted the existing CITES framework that provides a global mechanism to raise and solve concerns, and made clear his department’s alarm at the direction Britain is taking under Sir Queef Starmer. It is obviously also far beyond American comprehension that any modern country, let alone Blighty, can be led by somebody so lacking in direction that he couldn’t even find his own bum using both hands, Grey’s Anatomy, and a road map.

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they seem to forget about the ww2 years, when american sportsman sent them their rifles for homeland defence.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

I haven't read Burgum's letter but I seriously doubt the UK Environment Secretary has the authority to "reconsider" a bill that's before Parlaiment. I checked and it appears the bill is up for second reading in Commons. Probably best chance of defeating it would be in the Lords. Perhaps letters to influential members there would be more useful.

 

[dlmac]

they seem to forget about the ww2 years, when american sportsman sent them their rifles for homeland defence.

Most (governments) do not remember history after a few generations. Allies become enemies and Enemies become allies.. This is not the same as the enemy of my enemy is my friend, but similar.

 

[quandary]

Well you have to remember that this is coming from a country with a Fish & Game Dept., Forest Service and BLM run by permanently entrenched wack job lefties who are actively pursuing the death of hunting in America. All you have to do is look at the devastation caused by wolf reintroduction.

 

[K-man]

I'm glad the author of the letter is interested in using hunting as conservation. He needs to send the same letter to his own fish and wildlife service to make them comply with cites regulations, not pick and choose which animals they honor CITES. (Example -polar bear, elephant, lion, walrus,etc.)

 

[Longwalker]

So a letter directed at the UK government is supposed to be persuasive after the USA government has done nothing but deliberately piss on and piss off the UK every neighbouring government and ally. How about Trump Lying about the participation of NATO members in Afghanistan? Threatening the territory of Greenland? Threatening even more tariffs against any country that disagree with his imperial ambitions? If you want to be listened to, you have to respect the audience.

 

[coreydb]

Well you have to remember that this is coming from a country with a Fish & Game Dept., Forest Service and BLM run by permanently entrenched wack job lefties who are actively pursuing the death of hunting in America. All you have to do is look at the devastation caused by wolf reintroduction.

Yep....nothin but a bunch of arrogant butt-munchin tree huggers with no common sense..

 

[Surgeon1]

I'm glad the author of the letter is interested in using hunting as conservation. He needs to send the same letter to his own fish and wildlife service to make them comply with cites regulations, not pick and choose which animals they honor CITES. (Example -polar bear, elephant, lion, walrus,etc.)

I've spent thousands in legal fee to get a leopard out of Africa and a bear out of Canada thanks to
CITES enforcement by US F&G. There needs to be an end to this! It's ridiculous. I've hunted the world and my own country is sometimes the biggest issue I've encountered.

 

[Tiger2001]

A Letter from America COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY JOHN NASH Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t …

countrysquire.co.uk

A Letter from America​

BY JOHN NASH

Last week, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum fired a polite paper dart at UK Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds (our Minister in charge of UK Rural Affairs, who unfortunately doesn’t understand that hunting is one of the most important rural management functions). He urged her to reconsider the fraudulent Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Act 2025. Sadly, nobody told him that the wheel of the UK government is still turning, but the hamster fell out long ago.

Being an American and having no concept of Labour’s stale and vulgar cat-litter of a class war, he emphasised that while the bill may be “well-intentioned, it risks undermining conservation efforts not only in the United States, but in communities around the world. Legal, well-regulated hunting, particularly trophy hunting, plays a vital role in supporting healthy wildlife populations, restoring habitat, and supporting local economies. The proposed UK ban risks undermining decades of globally recognised, science‑based wildlife management practices that have helped restore numerous species from the brink.” He highlighted the existing CITES framework that provides a global mechanism to raise and solve concerns, and made clear his department’s alarm at the direction Britain is taking under Sir Queef Starmer. It is obviously also far beyond American comprehension that any modern country, let alone Blighty, can be led by somebody so lacking in direction that he couldn’t even find his own bum using both hands, Grey’s Anatomy, and a road map.

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Well intentioned, but sadly he's wasting his time. The UK (like Australia and Canada) are in the clutches of the woke "progressives" who hate all things rural, gun-related, and of course seemingly tied to "killing". The UK and Scottish governments recently doubled down on their destructive efforts; the UK banning even simulated (simulated!) fox hunting and the Scottish government charging levies for private land owners to cull deer. The larger ramifications for the people who are impacted by these new laws will be catastrophic but again I think that's the point...

 

[Tiger2001]

I've spent thousands in legal fee to get a leopard out of Africa and a bear out of Canada thanks to
CITES enforcement by US F&G. There needs to be an end to this! It's ridiculous. I've hunted the world and my own country is sometimes the biggest issue I've encountered.

Yes, perhaps the Secretary should focus on reforming our own restrictive rules and regulations before worrying about what the UK is doing.