Try putting some chicken wire around it next time; anything to fence it in to protect against whatever got to it. I've made some creative solutions sometimes with large dome-shaped screens, and it seems to protect my plants from random freak attacks.
Yes, you can always start over again. The warm season is soon approaching.
Thanks for the advice. I should've known it wouldn't have survived out in the open like that. Nothing here does haha. I'm glad to be going home soon