The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness and human violence; 2010 marks the Year of the Tiger with less than 3,500 individuals left in the wild; and Carrie Feldman remains in prison under AETA charges while her lawyers file an appeal for her release.