'CSI' Highlights Animal Abuse

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CSI gets a nod for promoting animal rights.

Each year, the Humane Society of the United States presents the Genesis Awards to members of the media who bring animal rights issues to light. The awards are given in the areas of television, film, radio, print, music and the arts. On March 29, the 22nd Genesis Awards will be presented in Beverly Hills, California.

"The <font color=yellow>Michael Vick</font> case gave unprecedented news coverage to dog fighting, but it also inspired a powerful episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," <font color=yellow>Beverly Kaskey</font>, senior director of the Humane Society's Hollywood office, told the Hollywood Reporter. This episode of CSI, "Lying Down With Dogs", is nominated alongside Boston Legal and the "A Change Is Gonna Come" episode of Grey's Anatomy in the Dramatic Series category.

As CSI Files previously reported, executive producer <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font> was persuaded to do an episode of CSI that dealt with animal abuse by his wife, <font color=yellow>Cheri</font>, who lobbies for animal rights. We also shared a list provided by CBS full of behind-the-scenes facts about the episode and how it was created in a safe and responsible manner.

The 22nd Genesis Awards takes place March 29 in Beverly Hills, California. You can find out more about the origin of the awards here. A full list of nominees for the various award categories can be found on the Hollywood Reporter website. Rules about how the nominees and winners are chosen can be found on the Humane Society's official website.<center></center>
 
:cool: I'm really glad that the episode was nominated, it is well deserved.

I have to say, 'Lying Down With Dogs' was one episode that I found really difficult to watch, the dog fighting scenes were done so well, it looked extremely realistic. It's weird in a way because I can watch CSI, with all it's horrific bloody murders, without really finding it too disturbing, it probably says something about how often that kind of thing is seen on TV now, but animal cruelty is rarely shown and always shocks.
 
that is great news to hear. i think a lot of people dont realize how bad dog fighting is. and while i think michael vicks involvement was blown out of proportion due to his celebrity (dont get me wrong, he still deserves everything he got) i was really glad csi dealt with the issue. more needs to be done to stop this disgusting "sport".

the cruelty of the people and the horrible conditions of the fight dogs and bait dogs was really well portrayed in this episode. and since csi is so popular maybe now more people will be aware of whats going on.
 
Kudos to CSI for being nominated. :)

I found the episode difficult to watch and I'm glad it was made. Hopefully others had the same feelings that I did because it's such an abhorrent sport and the aftermath for those dogs is just disgusting.
 
I'm really glad CSI was nominated and I really hope they win. The award will be well deserved.

"Lying Down With Dogs" was a very powerful episode. It's really important to bring dog fighting more out in the open. Maybe more people will get involved and try to stop it. However that may be.

Yes, the episode was very difficult to watch, but I could tell the dogs were just playing. Just goes to show you the excellent editing CSI has. Though knowing the dogs were just playing, didn't make it any easier to watch.

When Nick looked at the little dog shaking in the it's cage, I had tears in my eyes, and really really wanted Nick to take the dog home.

So Kudos to the writers for coming up with such a powerful episode, the editors for making it seem so wheel, and George Eads for his great performance in the episode. It was said best right here at CSIfiles:
Nick is the eyes and ears of the audience in this episode, his disgust at the dog-fighting and his empathy for Tommy mirroring the audience's.
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i think it is different, not only the brutal ways the animals die, but the fact that people are paying to see it. placing bets, cheering, even bringing their children to watch and make a family day of it. that is truly shocking. having fun watching a dog tear another one apart? that is sick. plus the winning dog barely makes it out alive, is stitched back up (or even stapled together) and made to do it over again the next day.
 
people pay to have death photos (which go for a lot of money), snuff films, child porn, human trafficking and probably a whole lot of worse things that we don't know about. Others get pleasure from torture, rape and murder. It is just as sick, if not more.

I guess it just seems that people get super upset at the notion of hurting animals, but wouldn't even notice showing a person's head being blown off. To me it is the same.
 
^ the fact that makes people feel sorry for animals more than humans is that animals are perceived as innocent (much like young children.) this is one reason why, psychologically, it's so much harder to watch somebody kill a dog or a horse, than a man (in a movie, not in reality.) besides, we see people getting killed in every single film or tv show, so we become immune to the shock we are suppossed to feel. there is not much violence directed towards animals though.

it's like watching a battle in a movie. you see throats being slashed, hands cut off, and other horrible images in one scene, but it's when a horse gets killed with an arrow that you decide to change the channel.
 
well, not me...i am just as desensitized to animal violence as i am with human violence. That is why I don't understand people's reaction. Humans that are victims are often just as helpless as animals in these situations...i just see it as the same thing. *shrugs*
 
Wonderful news.

My dog Phoenix (who died last year) was kept by owner who made her fight. When we got her she was in an awful state, with glass still trapped in her paws, cigarette burns on her back, missing flesh; it was truly heartbreaking. But we were able to give her a nice home for six years. Not all stories have a happy ending like this though.

I know what you guys mean up there^ With humans, they're able to speak out against abuse (though not always easily) but animals are powerless to help themselves. They can't tell us what they're feeling, or if they are hurt. It's like people who hurt kids. If the child knows no better, they have no power to stop what's happening to them.

It's great to see people using the media in a positive way, We always get 'horror moves promote violence' but it's nice to have a 'TV dramas promote animal rights'.

Maybe we use this concept with other things now.
 
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