Genesis Award Winners

For the last 25 years, The Humane Society of the United States has annually presented the Genesis Awards which "pays tribute to the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues." Here are this year's winners from Saturday night:

The Wyler Award
KRISTIN DAVIS

FEATURE FILM
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON DreamWorks Animation

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM NightFly Entertainment

SID CAESAR COMEDY AWARD
THE COLBERT REPORT zoos, bullfighting Comedy Central

DRAMATIC SERIES
TRUE BLOOD Hitting the Ground HBO

TV NEWSMAGAZINE
NIGHTLINE Got Milk? ABC

NEWS FEATURE
KTLA NEWS AT 10 (Los Angeles) Puppy Mills Exclusive Investigation; Dogfighting Investigation; Hatchery Hell – Investigative Report

NEWS SERIES
WOIO TV 19 ACTION NEWS (Cleveland) Ohio Dairy Farm Animal Abuse

MORNING NEWS SHOW
THE EARLY SHOW Shark Victims CBS

TALK SHOW
THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW Oprah's Earth Day Mom Swap—An Eye-Opening Intervention; Ultimate Amazing Animals Syndicated

TV DOCUMENTARY
 MY CHILD IS A MONKEY National Geographic Channel

REALITY SERIES
LAST CHANCE HIGHWAY The Great Escape Animal Planet

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL
60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA Natural Born Killers Nine Network Australia

OUTSTANDING WRITTEN WORD

MAGAZINE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE The Kingpin by Bryan Christy

SERIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
ISTHMUS (Wisconsin) animal research by Bill Lueders

COLUMNIST
LOS ANGELES TIMES Where Captives Put on a Show by Steve Lopez

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL PRINT
DAILY MAIL (UK) multiple articles by Danny Penman

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE AWARD
CHRISTIANITY TODAY A Feast Fit for the King: Returning the growing fields and kitchen table to God. by Leslie Leyland Fields