This is an item of horrific significance that the
general public may have missed, or been unaware of?

A report from the NT stating that the Ombudsman,
Carolyn Richards "was heartbroken" that apparently
no action has been taken over the issue of the death
by starvation of 800 head of cattle on Mataranka
Station, operated by the Charles Darwin University.

This issue was apparently reported by "whistleblowers"
sometime last year, followed by the Ombudsman "urging"
the Local Government Minister (NT) investigate this
issue further!

It now appears that the Territory Government has advised
Ms Richards that "It is too late to do anything about
the matter!"

This reeks at worst of gross political "cover-up", or
at best "gross ineptitude" on the part of the
authorities responsible for investigation and punishment
of those responsible for this act of wilful cruelty!

I wait in anticipation for the plethora of outraged animal
lovers, the RSPCA and the many other groups involved in
animal welfare, who in recent times seem to be exercising
their right to a "deathly silence" in this and many other
recent abominable acts of cruelty!

there isnt much to say
let alone much we can do
[especially on an opinion site]

yes i hadnt heard
but lets look back to look forward

here we got cattle[who owns them..specificlly]
is it the uni..or the course teacher..or the students
thing is
likly it will be too hard to cast blame
on any=one person as such[thus we shall get buck passing..etc]

we may have an enquiry
say this bloke or that shiela was payed
to look after the beasts over the holidays..
or between classes or experments..

in the end a little person will be blamed
maybe even jailed or fines or ridiculed/reviled

as tony says ssshhnot happens
its tradjic..its sad..its discusting
what we should be doing is finding ways for it to never happen again

and castrating the guy/gal..serf what done it
but who to decide..who to stand up..and say it was i

we need facts
not opinion

life is cccrap
anyone who dont know this
is in for a big shock..sooner rather than later

they gone
to a much better place
its them..who now feel sad..for us

they gone to cow heaven
its us still stuck here in the muck

think of all..who NOW
are thinking its their fault

should we hang the lot of em..or feel
as bad..as they no doudt do..feel...*now

we cant save them cows
but we can save it from ever happening again

There needs to be a real stir into this matter. The RSPCA and other animal welfare groups need to apply pressure to ensure that this matter is investigated and that it does not happen again. Whether it was due to incompetent staff, lack of funding, or whatever - this is a disgrace. The University does get public funding and should be held accountable. Simply brushing it aside on the pretext that "it's too late," to gather evidence and so on doesn't wash. If any of us starved our pets to death we'd be liable and legal action would be taken. More pressure is needed to be applied here.

Oh, the poor moo-cows.

But obviously, they have a different view of life in the Northern Territory than we latte-sippers in the metropolis.

Like this, for instance.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/boys-death-police-flayed-20110408-1d7rm.html

"Police treated as an accident the death of an eight-year-old Aboriginal boy whose body was found with head injuries and weighted with rocks in a water hole"

"Accidentally" weighted with rocks?

Nah, we're just being precious. It's not as if cattle were involved, after all.

I don’t get what the RSPCA are. They appear to have police powers or more when they enter a property and remove a pet aka persons property (as seen on TV).

So do they act as the police in all matters to do with animals here or are the police supposed to bring charges, collect evidence, and take it to court?

Are the RSPCA peoples trained like police then given certain controls under the law to do what they perceive to be correct or do the police accompany them on animal removal and entering private property cases?

Pericles that was shocking. I do hope ''managerial guidance'' means taken out and beaten before being imprisoned for helping a murder/ers remain free while causing such grief to a family and community.

Dear Pericles,

That was shocking! It reminds me of incidents described by Henry Reynolds in his book, "Why Weren't We Told?" published in 1999.
Many people denouced historian Henry Reynolds as a "trouble-maker." and his accounts - as lies. Times haven't changed at all, so it seems.