White House unhappy with new anti-fur ad campaign featuring first lady

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White House unhappy with new anti-fur ad campaign featuring first lady

Obama

Tue Jan 5, 8:01 PM

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The fur is flying over a new ad campaign by an animal rights group

the White House says is using first lady Obama's image without her

permission.

The president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Ingrid Newkirk,

said her organization wouldn't have sought Mrs. Obama's consent for the anti-fur

ad because it knows that she can't make such an endorsement.

PETA included the first lady in its Washington ad campaign based on White House

confirmation that she does not wear fur.

Mrs. Obama appears in the ad with celebrities Oprah Winfrey, Underwood

and Tyra Banks - three others who have shunned fur.

The ads are appearing in Washington's Metro stations, magazines and PETA's Web

site.