Craig Whitney anakulira kumidzi ya ku Australia. Bambo ake anali mlimi wa m'badwo wachitatu. Ali ndi zaka zinayi, Craig anali ataona kale agalu akuphedwa ndipo anaona mmene ng’ombe ankazipatsira chizindikiro, kuthena komanso kudula nyanga. “Zinakhala ngati zachizoloŵezi m’moyo wanga,” iye anavomereza motero.
Pamene Craig ankakula, bambo ake anayamba kuganizira zowapatsira famuyo. Masiku ano chitsanzo ichi ndi chofala pakati pa alimi ambiri a ku Australia. Malinga ndi bungwe la Australian Farmers Association, minda yambiri ku Australia imayendetsedwa ndi mabanja. Whitney adatha kupewa izi pomwe adamangidwa chifukwa cha zovuta zabanja.
Ali ndi zaka 19, Whitney ananyengedwa ndi anzake angapo kuti apite nawo kukagwira ntchito m’nyumba yophera anthu. Anafunikira ntchito panthawiyo, ndipo lingaliro la "kugwira ntchito ndi abwenzi" linamveka lokondweretsa kwa iye. "Ntchito yanga yoyamba inali yothandizira," akutero Whitney. Iye amavomereza kuti udindo umenewu unali chiopsezo chachikulu cha chitetezo. “Nthawi zambiri ndinkakhala pafupi ndi mitembo, ndikutsuka pansi magazi. Mitembo ya ng'ombe zomangidwa miyendo ndi zong'ambika kukhosi zinali kuyenda motsatira chonyamulira chopita kwa ine. Nthawi ina, m’modzi mwa ogwira ntchitowo anagonekedwa m’chipatala atavulala kwambiri kumaso ng’ombeyo itamukankha kunkhope chifukwa cha minyewa yomwe inachititsa kuti amwalire. Mawu apolisi akuti ng'ombeyo "idaphedwa malinga ndi malamulo amakampani." Nthawi imodzi yoyipa kwambiri m'zaka za Whitney idabwera pomwe ng'ombe yomwe idadulidwa kukhosi idasweka ndikuthawa ndikuomberedwa.
Craig nthawi zambiri ankakakamizika kugwira ntchito mofulumira kuposa masiku onse kuti akwaniritse mlingo wake watsiku ndi tsiku. Kufunika kwa nyama kunali kokulirapo kuposa chakudyacho, chotero iwo “anayesa kupha nyama zambiri mofulumira monga momwe akanathera kuti apeze phindu lalikulu.” “Nyumba iliyonse yopherako anthu yomwe ndimagwirapo yakhala ikuvulala. Nthaŵi zambiri ndinkatsala pang’ono kutaya zala,” akukumbukira motero Craig. Nthawi ina Whitney adawona momwe mnzake adataya mkono wake. Ndipo mu 2010, Sarel Singh wazaka 34 wosamukira ku India adadulidwa mutu akugwira ntchito kumalo ophera nkhuku ku Melbourne. Singh anaphedwa nthawi yomweyo atakokedwa m'galimoto yomwe amafunikira kuyeretsa. Ogwira ntchitowo adalamulidwa kuti abwerere kuntchito patadutsa maola ochepa magazi a Sarel Singh atachotsedwa mgalimoto.
Malinga ndi a Whitney, ambiri mwa ogwira nawo ntchito anali a China, Indian kapena Sudanese. “Anzanga 70 pa XNUMX alionse anali ochokera m’mayiko ena ndipo ambiri a iwo anali ndi mabanja amene anabwera ku Australia kukakhala ndi moyo wabwino. Atagwira ntchito kwa zaka zinayi pamalo ophera nyama, anasiya chifukwa panthaŵiyo anali atalandira chilolezo chokhala nzika za dziko la Australia,” iye akutero. Malinga ndi a Whitney, makampani nthawi zonse amakhala akuyang'ana antchito. Anthu ankalembedwa ntchito ngakhale kuti anali ndi mbiri yophwanya malamulo. Makampani samasamala za zakale. Mukabwera kudzagwira ntchito yanu, mudzalembedwa ntchito,” akutero Craig.
Amakhulupirira kuti nyumba zophera nyama nthawi zambiri zimamangidwa pafupi ndi ndende za ku Australia. Chotero, anthu amene amachoka m’ndende ndi chiyembekezo chobwerera kwa anthu angapeze ntchito mosavuta m’nyumba yophera nyama. Komabe, akaidi akale kaŵirikaŵiri amayambiranso kuchita zachiwawa. Kafukufuku amene katswiri wa zaupandu wa ku Canada a Amy Fitzgerald anachita m’chaka cha 2010 anapeza kuti nyumba zopherako nyama zitatsegulidwa m’mizinda, ziwawa zachiwawa, kuphatikizapo kugwiriridwa ndi kugwiriridwa, zawonjezeka. Whitney akuti ogwira ntchito yophera anthu nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Mu 2013, Craig adapuma pantchito. Mu 2018, adakhala vegan ndipo adapezekanso ndi matenda amisala komanso post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Atakumana ndi omenyera ufulu wa zinyama, moyo wake unasintha n’kukhala wabwinopo. Mu positi yaposachedwa ya Instagram, adalemba kuti, "Izi ndi zomwe ndikulota pompano. Anthu akumasula nyama ku ukapolo.
“Ngati mukudziwa munthu amene amagwira ntchito m’makampani amenewa, alimbikitseni kuti azikayika, kuti apeze thandizo. Njira yabwino yothandizira ogwira ntchito yophera anthu ndikusiya kuthandizira makampani omwe amadyera nyama," adatero Whitney.