- 1). Consider your options. Call a local animal control shelter and ask if it relocates trapped rabbits. Ask about local rabbit trapping and rabbit relocating laws. In some areas, relocating a rabbit after being trapped is against the law because it can cause rabbit overpopulation and help spread disease.
- 2). Trap your rabbit if you have found a humane alternative to killing the pest. Local pet stores and animal shelters may be willing to take a trapped rabbit. Humane live traps can be purchased from your local home improvement store or from online retailers.
- 3). Place a few snap traps in your garden if you have decided to trap and kill the rabbit. Snap traps come with an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage of a snap trap is that it takes care of killing the rabbit for you. The average gardener probably does not look forward to snapping a rabbit by the neck. The disadvantage of a snap trap is that it can also attract wild cats, dogs and squirrels.
- 4). Kill a rabbit as humanely as possible if you have a live trapped rabbit that you want to get rid of. Grab the rabbit by the neck with one hand. In one swift movement, twist the neck of the rabbit to break the neck.
- 5). Construct a fence around your yard to keep rabbits from entering your garden. A rabbit fence should have openings no larger than 1 inch. The fence should be at least 3 feet high to prevent the rabbit from jumping over it. Bury the fence at least 1 foot underground to prevent the rabbit from burrowing underneath it.
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