According to UPI (via dalje.com), "The Grey," a recently-released film starring Liam Neeson about a group of oilmen stranded in the Alaska wilderness by a plane crash and stalked by a pack of wolves, has been nominated for the first-ever "Scat Award" by a Minnesota wolf education center.

According to the International Wolf Center, based in Ely, Minn., the Scat Award will be given out annually for the worst depiction of wolves in the media, and "The Grey," with its depiction of wolves as man-eaters, has made the cut for this year's nomination.

"'The Grey' is a monster movie-dark, depressing, and as accurate a portrayal of wolf behavior as 'King Kong' was about gorillas," said a press release from the IWC, and an excerpt of a longer review of the film from chairwoman of the IWC board, Nancy Jo Tubbs.

"Pro-wolf folks seem to dislike this movie the same way herpetologists probably reacted to 'Snakes on a Plane' and marine biologists hated 'Jaws'," Tubbs said in that review, and added that the film portrays the wolf as a "relentless human-hunting machine."

Tubbs also poked fun at the idea that the alpha wolf could "command" other wolves.

It's not clear what other media might be nominated for the award, or if the werewolves of the "Twilight" series of films will qualify. Read more, at dalje.com.