Incidentally, did Sinfire rule on whether Animal Friendship grants animal companions a la the Druid feature? It's a feat from Races of Faerun that needs a little updating for 3.5.
I'd rather it be as Wild Cohort, as I believe that WC is the 3.5 update of Animal Friendship. Not 100% sure on that though, so if you have evidence to the contrary then I will rule otherwise.
Currently, Yafutoma and Valua are full, Ixa'taka and Nasr are still open (as far as I can find), and both Mid-Ocean and the Lands of Ice are reopened for recruiting. LoI still has Dman and (I think) Jaron, and only two or three of the Mid-Ocean group showed up here, so they are still in.