User talk:Bossyk

N o f o rmation Talk  23:57, 23 July 2011 (UTC) N o f o rmation Talk  23:57, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

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There is an article and news about Charles Darwin University where up to 800 cattle starved to death due to the break down in communications between the Charles Darwin University and the farm management staff on their training farm Mataranka Station, 400 kilometers south-east of Darwin. I want to ensure that the following link http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-29/animal-neglect/2603818 and other articles re the animal cruelty.I believe that the public needs to be informed so that they do not visit Wikipedia and only see basic information re the university and nothing about the misconduct. If potential students and the public are aware of what occurred then they can make an informed decision as to whether they wish to send their children or the individual who wishes to obtain Agricultural training to this institute.

Here is an excerpt from the ABC interviewer. TOBY GORRINGE, CDU VET LECTURER: I've seen cattle starving to death on a daily basis. And, oh, they were just very very thin and lying down dying and couldn't get up. They'd go down, they'd lay down of a day and the just couldn't get up in the afternoon. ALISON MIDDLETON: Among those who blew the whistle was Toby Gorringe, a lecturer at the station. The University has since moved him 100 kilometres north, to its sister operation, the Katherine Rural College. Toby Gorringe says he's still haunted by what he saw. TOBY GORRINGE: They were locked in small paddocks for long periods of time, with a lack of food and supplement lick. I've seen cattle die in the droughts down home where I come from which is the Birdsville-Windorah area, but no-one could do anything about that. But this was avoidable. This, they shouldn't have done this. ALISON MIDDLETON: Mr Gorringe says he complained to his superiors for six months, to no avail. TOBY GORRINGE: Things weren't getting better, they got worse if anything, the cattle were still dying on a daily basis. ALISON MIDDLETON: In January this year, he went to the Ombudsman. TOBY GORRINGE: Well, we had no other choice. All we wanted to do was save these cows' lives and calves and weaners and we just had nowhere else to go. That was our last straw. CAROLYN RICHARDS: Students complained, staff complained. There were complaints to the Minister. There were investigations by the livestock inspections, the Department of Resources. It was happening, but nobody has ever found out why it was allowed to happen. ALISON MIDDLETON: The Northern Territory Ombudsman, Carolyn Richards, carried out her own investigation. Her report was released in Parliament yesterday. She found that 800 of the estimated four-and-a-half-thousand cattle at Mataranka Station died last year, from starvation and dehydration.

I hope that you can advise me as to what I can do in regard to this matter. Kind regards bossyk
 * Hi Bossyk and welcome to Wikipedia! In regards to your question, please feel free to be WP:BOLD and add the information you want directly to the article while taking note of our WP:NPOV policy.  If someone reverts your addition then take it to the article talk page which can be found here.  I'm removing the help template but if you still need help either put it back up or leave a message on my talk page.  I'm also going to leave a welcome message on this page with some more information about editing.  Thanks, and again, welcome to Wikipedia!  N o f o rmation  Talk  23:57, 23 July 2011 (UTC)