1999 has been a year of greatly mixed fortunes in the zoo community. Some of the leading lights in our world have had great sadnesses, but for the community as a whole there have also been good times. As well as the downs, there have been many positive moments, and some just plain bewildering ones. This was the year when Forbidden Love documentary, and the rather notorious Jerry Springer show aired on TV, and got shared around the world on the net. It was the year zooishness replaced the great zeta list as the list of choice. It was a year when we saw zooishness, if only so briefly, eclipsed by the truly unique Petzoolove list. Lists, websites, and services of all kinds have sprung up around the world in many languages, and despite the efforts of our enemies we have more services running for more zoophiles all over the globe than when we started this year.

A very few years ago we wouldn't have been able to share any of these things, but now just at the end of the twentieth century, for the first time in history zoophiles all around the globe can communicate together their joys and our troubles. The internet means we are no longer all completely isolated, and so we are taking the first steps in discovering that we share a culture and a history that trancends national boundaries. We are so priviledged to have had that happen in our lifetimes, and so we now pause just briefly to honour those who have been the leading contributors to all this new communication we enjoy, the pioneers of the 20th century, before we enter upon the 21st century, with all the hopes and fears that the new era will hold for us.

The award for lifetime overall contribution to the zoophile community goes to

EAPoenm

for creating zeta list.

The award for overall contribution to the worldwide zoophile community goes to

Caroline Tigeress

for zooishness list.

The award for courage in the face of persecution goes to

Wulfman

who lost his loves and more besides because of the prejudices of lesser men.

The award for contribution to our own understanding of our culture goes to

Atruezoo

for Zoophoria website.

The award for contribution to global zoophile community communication goes to

Loup Bleu

for animal-zoo-france list.

The award for contribution to English language zoo community communication goes to

wolf@spastic.org

for wozmp website.

The award for raising public awareness of the real nature of zoophilia goes to

Hossie

for TV documentary "Hidden Love".

The award for contribution to the zoophile community by a commercial organisation goes to

Channel 4 Television (UK)

for TV documentary "Hidden Love".

The award for best email list goes to

Petzoolove list

by Marius Whitewolf

The award for best website goes to

Ian's Zoolinks at

http://www.ianszoolinks.com/

The award for zoophile literature goes to

Skilos

for "A zoo's story" on petzoolove list

The award for most accurately informative list poster goes to

Chat Maletom

for Homeobox Genetics on zooishness list.

The award for most humorous list poster goes to

Shard Wulf

for (correctly) describing a four-legged chicken as a hexapod on zooishness list.

The award for best contribution to animal welfare by a zoophile goes to

Shard Wulf

for summer heat issues on zooishness list.

The award for zoophile research goes to

Muse

for causes of zoophilia at

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/2120/research/causes/statresults.html

The award for innovation by a zoophile goes to

Caroline Tigeress

for zoo money print stamping.

Thank you so much to all, whether you got an award or not, who have contributed to our community's betterment during this last year of the second millennium.

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