Television
Network Newsmagazine: "Dateline NBC," for two powerful, sobering exposes—on puppy mills and on broadtail fur.
Television Dramatic Series: "Family Law" (CBS), for a story featuring a custody battle for a chimpanzee, exploring the arguments against keeping primates as companion animals.
Television Comedy Series: "Popular" (The WB), for a script questioning the eating of cows and the wearing of leather.
Television Talk Show: "Politically Incorrect" (ABC), for arguments against hunting and declaring that the animals' right to live supersedes a dying child's wish to kill.
Cable Documentary: "Investigative Reports" (A&E), for a look at the perils facing the buffalo of Yellowstone National Park.
Cable Newsmagazine: "CNN & TIME magazine" (CNN), for exposing greyhound racing.
Cable Documentary Series: "Earth Rescue" (Outdoor Life Network), for an overview of elephants in circuses, exposing the capture, transport, training methods and lifestyles they endure.
PBS Documentary: "Nature," for an unprecedented look at the history of elephants held captive for human curiosity and entertainment.
PBS Series: "ITN World News," for exposing some of the worst cases of animal torture around the world.
News Series: KING-TV (Seattle), for a seven-part series revealing the suffering of cows as they are turned into food.
News Feature: KARE-TV (Minneapolis), for revealing the cruelty to horses in the production of Premarin.
Reality Programming: "Wild Rescues" (Animal Planet), for a series of powerful segments spotlighting animals in peril, and those people whose valiant efforts save them.
Children's Programming: "Nick News With Linda Ellerbee." (Nickelodeon), for introducing information on myriad animal issues, presented in a format easily embraced by children.
Children's Programming - Animated: "The Wild Thornberrys" (Nickelodeon), for a sterling season of inspired and clever episodes nurturing a sense of compassion and responsibility.
Cartoonist: "Cathy," for challenging the fur industry's hype with style and wit, and for promoting the adoption of older dogs from shelters.
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