Animals outside your property is not your responiblity but if they are nesting under your house then you should take care of it Make sure that the tenants are not leaving out cat food and are securing their trash.

Of course I also have a significant advantage in that I target animal (mainly dog) owners.

As a new career, funded by the church, he committed himself to the lifelong mission of animating the entire Bible for children, cover to cover, story by gruesome story.

Used gloves to set the old school traps because I don’t want the wild animals being tipped off by the smell of my city hands.

Only after the tenant fled the state was it discovered the extent of trapped animal damage (horrific to say the least). 

Have you had any prior bad experiences that have pushed you to restrict certain types of animals from residing at your properties? 

Do I need to tweak my contract to address service animals?

Now buying a property that is vacant is a whole nother animal.

The fact that they didn't collect a deposit for animals doesn't say much about the company. 

As for the pet deposit,  call it a "pet/animal fee" (non refundable).