Wild animals - arrrr!

I get so frustrated with the animals that visit my gardens!!! I spent all weekend - in the terribly hot and humid weather - working on my gardens. I got up this morning only to find that something had been in there digging things up. It's almost like I invaded IT'S space!!! Now there is a bare spot and I have nothing to put there....arrrrr! This will probably continue to happen for the next few weeks until it wins and I just give up the fight! Darn animals anyway, LOL!!!