Once they are going to be fully grown ready for slaughter they are no longer as cute.
"To uproot, or bite into fruit is also killing. But when someone only kills to eat, it is according to the goodness of Nature. It is a natural agreement between all species. Death is quick in the hunt. Suffering is a lifetime in disease. You choose."
- Aajenous Vonderplanitz, We Want to Live, The Primal diet. The wisdom of Native American Indian Elk-of-the-black Moon.
It's very difficult for sure but we do it all organic gardening. Sometimes picking insects is the most effective. We also use nets to cover some plants. We do permaculture as per the One Straw Revolution.