You can speak with and befriend animals with ease. In addition, you treat Knowledge (nature) as a class skill.
Granted Powers
Speak with Animals (Sp): You can speak with animals, as per the spell, for a number of rounds per day equal to 3 + your cleric level.
Animal Companion (Ex): At 4th level, you gain the service of an animal companion. Your effective druid level for this animal companion is equal to your cleric level – 3. (Druids who take this ability through their nature bond class feature use their druid level – 3 to determine the abilities of their animal companions).
Domain Spells:
| Lvl | Chosen |
| 1 | calm animals |
| 2 | hold animal |
| 3 | dominate animal |
| 4 | summon nature’s ally IV (animals only) |
| 5 | beast shape III (animals only) |
| 6 | Summon Nature’s Ally VI (animals only) |
| 7 | animal shapes |
| 8 | summon nature’s ally VIII (animals only) |
| 9 | shapechange |