UCraig Whitney wakhulela emaphandleni ase-Australia. Uyise wayengumlimi wesizukulwane sesithathu. Lapho eneminyaka emine, uCraig wayeseke wazibonela kubulawa izinja futhi wabona indlela izinkomo ezaziphawulwa ngayo, zithenwa futhi zinqunywa izimpondo. “Kwaba yinto evamile ekuphileni kwami,” evuma.
Njengoba uCraig ekhula, uyise waqala ukucabanga ngokudlulisela ipulazi kuye. Namuhla le modeli ivamile phakathi kwabalimi abaningi base-Australia. Ngokwe-Australian Farmers Association, amapulazi amaningi e-Australia aphethwe imindeni. UWhitney ukwazile ukugwema lesi siphetho ngesikhathi eboshwa ngenxa yezinkinga zomndeni.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-19, uWhitney wathonywa abangani abambalwa ukuba ayosebenza nabo esilaheni. Wayedinga umsebenzi ngaleso sikhathi, futhi umqondo "wokusebenza nabangane" wawuzwakala ukhanga kuye. “Umsebenzi wami wokuqala kwaba umsizi,” kusho uWhitney. Uyavuma ukuthi lesi sikhundla siyingozi enkulu kwezokuphepha. “Isikhathi esiningi ngangisichitha eduze kwezidumbu, ngigeza phansi igazi. Izidumbu zezinkomo eziboshwe izitho nemilenze enqunyiwe zazihamba eduze kweconveyor zibheke ngakimi. Kwesinye isigameko, omunye wabasebenzi ulaliswe esibhedlela elimele kabi ebusweni ngemuva kokuba inkomo imkhahlele ebusweni ngenxa ye-post-mortem nerve impulse. Isitatimende samaphoyisa sithe inkomo "yabulawa ngokuhambisana nemithetho yemboni." Esinye sezikhathi ezimbi kakhulu eminyakeni kaWhitney safika lapho inkomo eyayinqunywe uqhoqhoqho yagqashuka yabaleka kwadingeka ukuthi idutshulwe.
UCraig wayevame ukuphoqeleka ukuthi asebenze ngokushesha kunokuvamile ukuze ahlangabezane nesabelo sakhe sosuku. Isidingo senyama sasingaphezu kwalokho esasitholakala, ngakho “bazama ukubulala izilwane eziningi ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze bazuze inzuzo enkulu.” “Zonke izilaha engike ngasebenza kuzo zihlale zinezingozi. Izikhathi eziningi ngangicishe ngilahlekelwe iminwe,” kukhumbula uCraig. Wake wazibonela uWhitney ukuthi uzakwabo walahlekelwa yingalo. Futhi ngo-2010, umfuduki waseNdiya oneminyaka engu-34 ubudala uSarel Singh wanqunywa ikhanda ngesikhathi esebenza esilaheni sezinkukhu eMelbourne. USingh ubulawe ujuqu ngesikhathi efakwa emotweni okwakudingeka ayihlanze. Abasebenzi bayalelwe ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa kwesulwe igazi likaSarel Singh emotweni.
Ngokusho kukaWhitney, iningi labasebenzi asebenza nabo bekungamaShayina, amaNdiya noma amaSudan. “U-70% wozakwethu babengabafuduki futhi abaningi babo babenemindeni eza e-Australia ukuze bathole impilo engcono. Ngemva kokusebenza iminyaka emine esilaheni, bayeka ngoba ngaleso sikhathi base bethole ubuzwe base-Australia,” usho kanje. Ngokusho kukaWhitney, imboni ihlale ibheke abasebenzi. Abantu baqashwa naphezu kwerekhodi lobugebengu. Imboni ayinandaba nesikhathi sakho esidlule. Uma ufika wenze umsebenzi wakho uzoqashwa,” kusho uCraig.
Kukholakala ukuthi izindawo zokuhlatshwa zivame ukwakhiwa eduze kwamajele ase-Australia. Ngakho, abantu abaphuma ejele ngethemba lokubuyela emphakathini bangathola kalula umsebenzi esilaheni. Nokho, labo ababeyiziboshwa ngokuvamile baphindela ekuziphatheni kobudlova. Ucwaningo olwenziwa yisazi samacala obugebengu eCanada u-Amy Fitzgerald ngo-2010 lwathola ukuthi ngemuva kokuvulwa kwamadela emadolobheni andile ubugebengu obunodlame obuhlanganisa ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi nokudlwengula. UWhitney uthi abasebenzi basesilaheni bavame ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa.
Ngo-2013, uCraig washiya imboni. Ngo-2018, waba yi-vegan futhi kwatholakala ukuthi unesifo sengqondo kanye ne-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Lapho ehlangana nabalwela amalungelo ezilwane, ukuphila kwakhe kwashintsha kwaba ngcono. Engosini yakamuva ye-Instagram, ubhale ukuthi, “Yilokhu engikuphuphayo njengamanje. Abantu bekhulula izilwane ebugqilini.
“Uma kukhona omaziyo osebenza kulo mkhakha, mkhuthaze ukuba angabaze, afune usizo. Indlela engcono yokusiza abasebenzi basemalaheni ukuthi bayeke ukweseka imboni exhaphaza izilwane,” kusho uWhitney.