2003 Genesis Awards Winners
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The winners from the 2003 Genesis Awards, taken from the Human Society press release, are listed below.[1]
[edit] Film
[edit] Feature Film
Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron (DreamWorks)
For a family feature that captures the plight of wild horses.
[edit] Television
[edit] Dramatic Series
The Practice, "Small Sacrifices" (ABC)
For examining American factory farming, forcing the audience to confront animal suffering.
[edit] Family Series
Everwood, "Deer God" (WB)
For a thoughtful and poignant depiction of father and son bonding realized through the preservation—as opposed to the destruction—of wildlife.
[edit] Comedy Series
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter—(ABC)
For demonstrating a keen awareness of animal issues, and having the courage and creativity to integrate them into entertaining storylines with intelligence and compassion.
[edit] News Feature
World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, multiple segments (ABC)
For consistently spotlighting a wide range of animal issues, including "Whale Watching," explaining the unpredicted harm to whales by this popular activity, and "Animal Rights," a look at the argument for the legal representation and protection of animals.
[edit] Network Newsmagazine
Nightline, "Land Grab: The Corridors of Power" (ABC)
For a report on the work of Conservation International, a diverse group of influential men committed to the creation and financing of wildlife "corridors."
[edit] Syndicated Newsmagazine
Celebrity Justice, "Cruelty on Catalina?"
For a two-part investigation that revealed the practice of hot iron branding seals for marine research; and for showing the treatment of animals used for food in its coverage of the Farm Sanctuary Gala.
[edit] Cable Documentary
Vanishing Giants (National Geographic Channel)
For focusing on the suffering of Thailand's working elephants in never-seen-before footage, which revealed the methods used to "break the spirit" of baby elephants forced into a life of servitude.
[edit] Cable Documentary Series
National Geographic Explorer, "America's Big Cat Crisis" and "Jane Goodall: Chimps in Crisis" (MSNBC)
For "America's Big Cat Crisis," an hour-long inquiry into the growing trend of keeping exotic cats as companion animals; and for "Jane Goodall: Chimps in Crisis," an assessment of the current threat to wild chimpanzees.
[edit] Television Movie
A Ring of Endless Light (Disney Channel)
For a tale of the sublime connection between children and animals, and for bringing to center stage the effect of illegal driftnets.
[edit] Children's Programming–Television Movie
Kermit's Swamp Years (Starz)
For an entertaining condemnation of classroom dissections, with the inimitable Kermit and his Muppet friends taking on the teacher and "speaking out" on behalf of frogs everywhere.
[edit] Children's Programming–Series
Braceface, "Vanity Fur" (ABC Family)
For an anti-fur statement, delivered to a young audience in a cleverly conceived episode that deals with cruelty in fashion.
[edit] Reality Programming
Animal Cops (Animal Planet)
For a series that drives home the truth about companion-animal abuse, interwoven with life-affirming moments when the animals are delivered into the safety of caring hands.
[edit] Local News Service
KATU-TV News (Portland), "Inside the Cage"
For a probing three-part expose on the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, an investigation that cites the alleged physical and psychological suffering of the animals used in experiments.
[edit] Local News Feature
KCAL 9 News (Los Angeles), "A Beef with Diary" and "Big Top Beating"
For shattering the myth of the "Happy Cows" commercials; and for a report that featured undercover footage of the brutality inflicted on circus elephants.
[edit] Commercial
Kodak, "Animal Shelter" (Ogilvy & Mather)
For producing a "Kodak Moment" in a TV commercial that encourages pet adoption, proving that a major advertising campaign can sell both a product and an animal-welfare message.
[edit] Brigitte Bardot International Award
Arte-Reportage, "Les Mustangs"
For an investigation into the Bureau of Land Management's wild mustang round-ups and adoption programs.
[edit] Music
[edit] Doris Day Music Award
"Animal Nation" by Peter Gabriel, from The Wild Thornberrys Movie (Paramount/Nickelodeon)
For an enlightened and beautiful lyric that expresses the link between all living creatures.
[edit] Print
[edit] Periodical
U.S. News & World Report, "Cruel and Usual" by Michael Satchell
For a feature that lays bare the conditions of America's roadside zoos and the regulations that permit them to exist.
[edit] Newspaper Magazine Feature
New York Times Magazine, "Power Steer" and "An Animal's Place," both by Michael Pollan
For two cover stories: one that follows the diseased-prone life of a typical food animal, and the other that explores the debate over animal rights.
[edit] Series of Newspaper Articles
The Tallahassee Democrat, "Animals Destined for Death" by Kathleen Laufenberg with photos by Allison Long
For a package of articles and images that chronicle the consequences of pet overpopulation as experienced in a local animal shelter.
[edit] Editorial
Tulsa World, multiple editorials by Janet Pearson in support of the initiative to ban cockfighting
For condemning cockfighting, thus informing and propelling the public to vote in favor of the initiative to ban this sport in Oklahoma.
[edit] Cartoonist
Dan Piraro, Bizarro
For a prolific and inspired collection of humorous cartoons that speak a thousand incisive words on behalf of animals.
