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."