Laura Mallaghan Illustration

Happy Easter! What are you planning today for Easter? Egg hunt in your garden? Eat all of the chocolate eggs? Cooking Easter Sunday Roast? Baking Easter cake? My day will be water painting another rabbit and chick, relaxing in the garden and listening birds tweeting, having roast dinner and eat some chocolate eggs! My water paint illustration of Easter Greeting. I was a bit displeased with the Easter eggs, though it's not my forte. And the mess of my handwritten on "Happy Easter", I used too much water from the water brush container and dropped on the spot. On the other hand, the chick looking splendid, my water paint skill always better on animals.   Lastly, I like to talk about rabbits again, even I did from the previous blog "I'm not an Easter Gift" , here's this article I came across a couple days ago,  Heartbreaking Comic About An Abandon Pet Rabbit By Artist Jenny Jinya , the truth about domestic rabbits left to fen...

It's Good Friday today! And good weather here with 22C and sunshine. I'm waiting for Easter Sunday so that I'll have some Easter chocolate eggs and devour it. On behalf of all the rabbits, I want to make awareness about rabbits at Easter time, rabbits are 10 to 12 years commitment, not as Easter gift! People buy them for their children as Easter gift, without researches, thinking about finances, commit to having them for their whole life, they'll end up abandon in a few months. Young children will get bored with them eventually, even they weren't begging to have one. The vet bill is expensive from such a small, delicate creature. They're high maintenance so they're not great "starter" pet. They require a large space to entertain themselves outdoor and lives indoor, but shut in the hutch outdoor, mostly being forgotten. When people gave them up, they dumped them in street thinking they can survive out there like the wild rabbits. There a...

This illustration is about the awareness of having poor bunnies using for Easter present to their children, and then they ended up abandon/neglect. As well as baby chicks for Easter. It's cruel, really cruel. Rabbits lives at least 10 years, they require special cares, more than dogs and cats. A huge responsibility to take care of them, so definitely not a 'starter pet' for children. Many rabbits are in shelter because of this, also young rabbits wouldn't live to see their first year, sadly. If you want to have a rabbit, it is best to research to understand their diet, health, behaviour and care. So choose Easter chocolates and toys instead of living beautiful furry creatures for Easter.