A luxury beef giant's cattle died of thirst. Regulators were told later

The company had "adjusted procedures" to prevent more tragedies and the department "was satisfied that further investigation was not required", the department told the ABC.The office of Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett said on Tuesday that he took "these concerns seriously" and revealed an internal review had started.A source with knowledge of the disasters said about 140 head — almost 100 cows and 40 calves – had perished at an AACo property in Queensland around the Australia Day weekend last year That was the same day the ABC asked AACo about the January tragedies.An AACo employee had called a department official that day, explaining deaths had struck on two properties, the official wrote in an internal email."[AACo] went on to explain that they had a group of cattle die, and had worked out it was from lack of water and had put processes in place to stop it recurring," the email said.The second lot of deaths had involved animals that had received fly repellent treatment