Nominated with 46 other major news and entertainment media works, these high profile, award-winning films are a sure sign that animal issues are big with filmmakers.

“This is truly a benchmark year for animal protection-themed films garnering Academy Award recognition,” said Beverly Kaskey, senior director of the Hollywood office of The HSUS and executive producer of the annual Genesis Awards.  “The news and entertainment media in general have excelled this year at covering a wide range of animal issues, but a documentary film like The Cove is proof that even a tough animal issue like Japan’s dolphin slaughter can resonate with audiences when it’s at the heart of thrilling, cinematic storytelling.”

Here's the full list of nominees:

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

TIPPI HEDREN

FEATURE FILM

HOTEL FOR DOGS – Dreamworks Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS – Overture Films, Smokehouse Films
UP – Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

DOCUMENTARY FILM

THE COVE – Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, Oceanic Preservation Society
THE END OF THE LINE - Arcane Pictures, Calm Productions, Dartmouth Films
FOOD, INC. - Participant Media, River Road Entertainment, Magnolia Pictures

SID CAESAR COMEDY AWARD

FAMILY GUY  Dog Gone - FOX TV Animation, Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Century FOX
MONK  Mr. Monk and the Dog – USA Network
SOUTH PARK  Whale Whores – Comedy Central 

DRAMATIC SERIES

BONES  The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken – FOX
THE CLOSER  multiple episodes - TNT

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING

HANDY MANNY  Saving the Turtles / A Whale of a Tale - Disney Channel
NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE  Kids to the Rescue!  Helping Homeless Animals - Nickelodeon

TV NEWSMAGAZINE

60 MINUTES  Poisoned - CBS
ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL  multiple segments - HLN
NIGHTLINE  multiple segments – ABC

NEWS FEATURE

EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 4:00 / KABC 7 (Los Angeles)  Greyhounds from Guam
KCBS / KCAL TV (Los Angeles)   Animal Shelter Abuse, Faux Fur Investigation
KHOU-TV (Houston)   multiple segments
WKRN-TV News 2 Extra (Nashville)  Home for the Holidays

NEWS SERIES

CNN (National)  Animal Cruelty–Nicole Lapin Investigates
KTNV-TV (Las Vegas)  Las Vegas Zoo: A Hidden Camera Investigation
KLAS-TV 8 (Las Vegas)  I-Team: Shark Fin Soup
WTVJ-NBC 6 (Miami)  The Last Ride

MORNING NEWS SHOW

CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING  Bye Bye Birdie
TODAY  multiple segments by Jill Rappaport - NBC

TALK SHOW

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW  Eating Animals
      author Jonathan Safran Foer – Syndicated
LARRY KING LIVE  Alaska's aerial wolf hunt - CNN

TV DOCUMENTARY

BUFFALO BATTLE – Planet Green
DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM - HBO
FUTURE EARTH  100 Heartbeats – MNSBC, Peacock Productions
STAMPEDE TO OBLIVION - KLAS, Las Vegas One

REALITY SERIES

ANIMAL COPS: PHILADELPHIA  Puppy Mills Exposed – Animal Planet
EXTREME MAKEOVER:  HOME EDITION  The Almquist Family - ABC
WHALE WARS  The Stuff of Nightmares – Animal Planet

TV FILM

A DOG NAMED CHRISTMAS - CBS
A DOG YEAR  – HBO

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL

BEAR SANCTUARY - Animal Planet Europe
THE KINSHASA CONNECTION  - Carte Blanche, South African and Dutch TV, Network NL

OUTSTANDING WRITTEN WORD

SERIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

ISTHMUS (Wisconsin)  multiple articles by Bill Lueders
TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL (Kansas)  multiple articles by James Carlson

NEWSMAGAZINE

NEWSWEEK A (Designer) Dog's Life by Suzanne Smalley
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Against Meat by Jonathan Safran Foer, and
       Watching Whales Watching Us by Charles Siebert
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

MORE  Where the Wild Things Are by Jan Goodwin
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

DAILY MAIL (UK)  multiple articles by Dr. Danny Penman
THE INDEPENDENT (UK)  multiple articles by Martin Hickman
THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK)  multiple articles by Daniel Foggo