Last
month we ran a contest to win two VIP tickets to The Genesis Awards in Beverly
Hills, California. If you were disappointed not to have won, then here’s your
chance to see the news and entertainment media
get honoured for their coverage of animal protection issues, right from the comfort of your own
living room! The 2010 Genesis Awards will air on Animal Planet on Saturday April
24, at 12:00 noon ET/PT and then again on Sunday April 25, at 1:00 pm ET/PT.

19 awards get presented to a wide spectrum of media including The Cove‘s
Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos, Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith’s mother)
who received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her tireless advocacy on behalf
of captive big cats, Emily Deschanel, the star of Bones which picked up
the Outstanding Dramatic Series Award, Big Love’s Ginnifer Goodwin, Twilight:
Eclipse’s Booboo Stewart, Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos,
Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet, Glee’s Jessalyn Gilsig, Hawthorne’s
Michael Vartan, and The Mentalist’s Amanda Righetti, Owain Yeoman
and Tim Kang.

 For a full list of award winners, visit humanesociety.org/genesis.