._. You people are idiots. If a population is allowed to grow off of an unnatural food source, what do you think happens when said unnatural food source isn't around anymore? Yeah, this might be a bitty little backdoor garden, but some of you people act as if you'd apply the same reasoning to a farm. Those plants wouldn't survive there naturally! Human intervention keeps them alive. For human use. Yes, many animals were here before us, but they sure as hell weren't depending on eating the crops we put there. Rodents and lagomorphs that experience unsustainable population explosions often caused by feasting on fleeting, unnatural food sources very quickly go from innocent animals to a huge number of innocent, SLOWLY STARVING TO DEATH animals. Yeeah, you guys are the merciful ones.

Hahahha number 56: you are retarded. That is EXACTLY the double standard that they were talking about. Just because an animal is cute and can be a pet you have to treat it differently? Most insects around you are just trying to eat or find warmth and shelter and I guarantee you guys kill them, how is this any different? I take it most of you have never had a garden... Also, most of you calling him ignorant are more ignorant yourselves for doing so, especially the ones calling the op a hick/redneck, for judging someone the way you are. As for the OP: well fyl for all the ignorant and dumb comments here and for the pool, but you deserve it for shooting a .22 near your pool.

Why the **** did you try and shoot a bunny? It needs to EAT. Give it other food if it bothers you, moron.

Put a fence around the garden. String some tin cans up to make noise to scare the bunny away. And for God's sake lose the gun if you are that bad of a shot. You're lucky you shot the pool and not your neighbor. You got what you deserve for breaking the law. Even if it was rabbit season, you're not allowed to discharge a firearm that close to houses. I hope you have a spouse and s/he smacked you upside of the head.

I say you would have deserved to have the gun backfire in your face. I hope you also get a toxic mold colony from the water damage.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention: I wish the bunny could have laughed at your dumb ass. That would have made this perfect. As for those that say fences don't work? You obviously don't know the right kind of fence to use. Chicken wire fencing will keep rabbits out of your garden. Picket fences will not. Duh.

wow. you all swear like the rabbit has feelings or something. im so sick of hippies. and even though i think YDI, Id never say I'm glad your pool was ruined and your basement flooded. heartless bastards....

Hah, you deserve it for being stupid enough to risk hitting a pool with a .22 rifle. That and attempted animal abuse. I mean seriously? Put up better preventive measures around your plants next time.

YDI for being a crappy shot, seriously if you are that bad with a gun just put out a small bowl of antifreeze near your garden. Most animals will drink that like it's candy and problem solved.

You couldn't have simply moved it somewhere else? Way to make things more difficult for yourself. And for those of you who say the rabbit doesn't have feelings, why does "getting revenge" on it make any more sense? It doesn't have feelings so why would it maliciously destroy this douchebag's yard?