Whatever the statists touch, turns to shit: Government staff negligence led to 46 cattle deaths

Government-owned cattle suffered barbed wire wounds when they desperately tried to access water in north Queensland, documents released under Right to Information legislation show.

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Forty-six heifers died of dehydration at the Queensland government-owned Swans Lagoon research facility, about 80 kilometres south-west of Ayr, in May last year.

Police found no evidence of criminality, so they did not recommended any charges. However, they blamed the incident on the negligence of a staff member who accidentally locked the cattle in a paddock without access to water.

The staff member, whose name was removed from the report, closed and chained a gate between two paddocks to prevent the cattle he was mustering from returning, but forgot to tell colleagues.

Injuries to another staff member meant a scheduled "water run" was not conducted and the cattle were left without water for 12 days.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/government-staff-negligence-led-to-46-cattle-deaths-report-20140503-zr38k.html#ixzz30i7va300

Whatever the statists touch, turns to shit: Government staff negligence led to 46 cattle deaths

Whatever the statists touch, turns to shit: Government staff negligence led to 46 cattle deaths

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