Granted Powers: You can speak with and befriend animals with ease. In addition, you treat Knowledge (nature) as a class skill.

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: 1st—Calm Animals, 2nd—Hold Animal, 3rd—Dominate Animal, 4th—Summon Nature's Ally IV (animals only), 5th—Beast Shape III (animals only), 6th—Antilife Shell, 7th—Animal Shapes, 8th—Summon Nature's Ally VIII (animals only), 9th—Shapechange.