Honoring the worst
in wolf portrayal
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What is the Scat Award?
The International Wolf Center created the Scat Award to call attention to the books, movies, advertisements and other promotional media that portrays wolves in the most inaccurate, ridiculous, and damaging light. Our intention is not to ridicule creative endeavors, but to use these highly public opportunities as teachable moments to counter damaging myths and misinformation. Oh, and we might just have a little fun while we're doing it. The more facts we know, the better decisions we will make regarding wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.
Voting begins February 1, 2013 and ends February 28, 2013. Winners will be announced the night of the Oscars in 2013.
Nominee Categories
Movies
The Grey. 2012 Action thriller. Directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Liam Neeson. 117 minutes. The Grey follows a number of men stranded in Alaska after a plane crash, who are forced to survive using little more than their wits as a pack of wolves stalks them. The film is based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Carnahan.
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Books
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult; Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 421 pp.,fiction. Lone Wolf revolves around the two "families" of biologist Luke Warren—his human family, and the wolf packs he loves. The story opens with a car crash that leaves Luke in a coma. The drama shifts to the courtroom where his teenage daughter and his estranged son fight over the son's desire to pull the plug on dad.
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