A 55-year-old former government employee at a research facility south of Alice Springs has been charged with animal cruelty offences after 71 cattle were found deceased or dying at the facility in 2023, NT Police said.

The cattle were discovered on March 13, 2023 at the research facility 20kms south of Alice, with authorities believing at the time they may have been poisoned with cyanide.

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