The Oscar winning animated feature "Up" and documentary "The Cove" picked up more awards on Saturday night at the Humane Society’s annual Genesis Awards, which honor media depictions of animal-protection issues.
"Up," the Pixar feature that includes talking dogs and a fight to protect a rare species of bird, shared the award for feature film with the significantly less successful "Hotel for Dogs," a comedy with Lisa Kudrow and Don Cheadle. Both films were honored for offering "meaningful messages about the importance of the human-animal bond."
"The Cove" was termed "a searing indictment of Japan’s dolphin slaughter."
Other winners included the TV series "Family Guy, "Bones," "The Today Show" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
The ceremony took place at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
The full list of winners:
FEATURE FILM
(tie) HOTEL FOR DOGS – Dreamworks Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies
UP – Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
DOCUMENTARY FILM
THE COVE – Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, Oceanic Preservation Society
SID CAESAR COMEDY AWARD
FAMILY GUY Dog Gone – Fox TV Animation, Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Century Fox
DRAMATIC SERIES
BONES The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken – Fox
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE Kids to the Rescue! Helping Homeless Animals – Nickelodeon
TV NEWSMAGAZINE
ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL multiple segments – HLN
NEWS FEATURE
KCBS / KCAL TV (Los Angeles) Animal Shelter Abuse, Faux Fur Investigation
NEWS SERIES
KLAS-TV 8 (Las Vegas) I-Team: Shark Fin Soup
MORNING NEWS SHOW
TODAY multiple segments by Jill Rappaport – NBC
TALK SHOW
THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW Eating Animals, author Jonathan Safran Foer – Syndicated
TV DOCUMENTARY
DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM – HBO
REALITY SERIES
WHALE WARS The Stuff of Nightmares – Animal Planet
TV FILM
A DOG NAMED CHRISTMAS – CBS
BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL
BEAR SANCTUARY – Animal Planet Europe
OUTSTANDING WRITTEN WORD
SERIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
ISTHMUS (Wisconsin) multiple articles by Bill Lueders
NEWSMAGAZINE
TIME "The New Age of Extinction" and "The Real Cost of Cheap Food" by Bryan Walsh, and "Abused No More" by David Von Drehle
MAGAZINE
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE "What Are They Thinking?" by Eugene Linden, "Wild Things" by Rick Bass, and "Operation Rescue" by Barry Yeoman
BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL PRINT
THE INDEPENDENT (UK) multiple articles by Martin Hickman
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Tippi Hedren
