Craig Whitney akakurira kumaruwa eAustralia. Baba vake vaive murimi wechizvarwa chechitatu. Ava nemakore mana, Craig akanga atoona kuuraiwa kwembwa akaona matakwa, kuchekwa uye kudimburwa nyanga kwemombe. “Zvakava muitiro muupenyu hwangu,” akabvuma kudaro.
Sezvo Craig aikura, baba vake vakatanga kufunga nezvokupfuudza purazi racho kwaari. Nhasi iyi modhi yakajairika pakati pevarimi vazhinji vekuAustralia. Maererano neAustralian Farmers Association, mapurazi mazhinji muAustralia ndeemhuri. Whitney akakwanisa kudzivirira dambudziko iri paakatorwa muhusungwa nekuda kwematambudziko emhuri.
Pazera remakore 19, Whitney akanyengetedzwa neshamwari dzakawanda kuti aende kunoshanda navo muimba yekuuraya. Aida basa panguva iyoyo, uye pfungwa ye "kushanda neshamwari" yakanzwika kumufadza. “Basa rangu rokutanga rakanga riri rokubetsera,” anodaro Whitney. Anobvuma kuti chinzvimbo ichi chaive nenjodzi huru yekuchengetedzeka. “Nguva zhinji ndaipedza ndiri pedyo nezvitunha, ndichisuka uriri kubva muropa. Zvitunha zvemombe dzainge dzakasungwa makumbo nemakumbo nehuro dzakatsemurwa dzaifamba dzichitevedza conveyor dzakauya kwandiri. Pane imwe nguva, mumwe wevashandi akaiswa muchipatara aine kukuvara kwakakomba kumeso mushure mekunge mombe yamurova kumeso nekuda kwepost-mortem nerve impulse. Chirevo chemapurisa chakataura kuti mombe iyi "yakaurayiwa maererano nemitemo yeindasitiri." Imwe yenguva dzakanyanya kurwadza mumakore aWhitney yakauya apo mombe yaive negurokuro yakadamburwa ikamhanya ikatozopfurwa.
Craig aiwanzomanikidzwa kushanda nokukurumidza kupfuura nguva dzose kuti asangane nemugove wake wezuva nezuva. Kudiwa kwenyama kwakanga kwakakwirira kudarika mugove, naizvozvo “vakaedza kuuraya mhuka dzakawanda nokukurumidza sezvinobvira kuti vawedzere purofiti.” “Kumba kwese kwandakashanda kunouraya vanhu vagara vachikuvara. Nguva zhinji ndaipotsa ndarasika zvigunwe zvangu,” anoyeuka kudaro Craig. Pane imwe nguva Whitney akaona kuti waaishanda naye akarasikirwa sei neruoko. Uye muna 2010, Sarel Singh ane makore makumi matatu nemana wekuIndia akagurwa musoro achishanda panzvimbo inourayira huku yeMelbourne. Singh akaurayiwa pakarepo paakapinzwa mumotokari yaaida kuchenesa. Vashandi vakanzi vadzokere kubasa maawa mashoma mushure mekunge ropa raSarel Singh rapukutwa mumotokari.
Sekureva kwaWhitney, vazhinji vevaaishanda navo vaive maChinese, maIndia kana maSudan. “70% yevandaishanda navo vaive vatama uye vazhinji vavo vaive nemhuri dzakauya kuAustralia kuzoita hupenyu huri nani. Mushure mekushanda kwemakore mana paimba inouraiwa, vakasiya basa nekuti panguva iyi vainge vawana mvumo yekuva zvizvarwa zveAustralia,” anodaro. Sekureva kwaWhitney, indasitiri inogara ichitsvaga vashandi. Vanhu vakapinzwa basa pasinei nerekodhi yemhosva. Iyo indasitiri haina basa nezve yako yapfuura. Kana ukauya woita basa rako unopihwa basa,” anodaro Craig.
Zvinotendwa kuti dzimba dzekuurayira dzinowanzovakwa pedyo nemajeri eAustralia. Nokudaro, vanhu vanobuda mutorongo vachikarira kudzokera kunzanga vanogona kuwana basa munzvimbo inourayira zviri nyore. Zvisinei, vaimbova vasungwa vanowanzotangazve kuita zvechisimba. Ongororo yakaitwa naAmy Fitzgerald wekuCanada anoona nezvekuparwa kwemhosva muna 2010 yakaratidza kuti mushure mekuvhurwa kwedzimba dzekuuraya vanhu mumaguta, kune kuwedzera kwemhosva dzechisimba, kusanganisira kubata chibharo uye kubata chibharo. Whitney anoti vashandi vekubaya kuuraya vaiwanzoshandisa zvinodhaka.
Muna 2013, Craig akasiya indasitiri. Muna 2018, akave vegan uye akaonekwa zvakare aine chirwere chepfungwa uye post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Paakasangana nevanorwira kodzero dzemhuka, upenyu hwake hwakachinja kuva huri nani. Mune ichangoburwa Instagram post, akanyora, "Izvi ndizvo zvandiri kurota izvozvi. Vanhu vachisunungura mhuka kubva muuranda.
“Kana uchiziva mumwe munhu anoshanda muindasitiri iyi, mukurudzire kusahadzika, kutsvaga rubatsiro. Nzira yakanakisa yekubatsira vashandi vekubaya kuuraya ndeyekumira kutsigira indasitiri inobira mhuka," Whitney akadaro.