Rhubarb leaves being eaten by slugs,snails and caterpillars

Hi,
I have very recently planted a new crown of rhubarb which is growing well but the new leaves are being heavily attacked and eaten by slugs, snails and caterpillars. I don’t want to kill the minibeasts but think the leaf damage will affect the growth. Any insight or advice welcome.

 

Guess this means slug-food is pretty rare in your garden. My slugs wouldn't touch the rhubarb until it was the last available food source.

Edit: if you are lucky this problem will go away after one season since plants aren't eager to be eaten themselves. So in the upcoming months or year there is a good chance they will develop some natural slug repellant and after that be left in peace