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PETA upset President killed a fly
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Activists Take Swipe At Obama For Killing Fly
Barack Obama swats a fly during a television interview
People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (Peta) is sending the world's most powerful man a device to allow him to catch bugs without hurting them.
President Obama is set to receive a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a contraption that allows users to trap flies before releasing them outside.
The animal rights group condemned the President for setting a bad example after he squashed the insect during an interview for CNBC at the White House.
"Get out of here," the President told the insect, before he smacked it dead to applause from onlookers.
Obama then turned to his interviewer and added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."
Peta spokesman Bruce Friedrich said: "We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals.
"We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."
He said Mr Obama would soon receive a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher which will allow him to trap flies before releasing them outside.
Mr Friedrich admitted that despite the President's fly swatting antics, Peta was pleased with Mr Obama's voting record in the Senate on behalf of animal rights.
The group says it approves of his denouncement of factory farming and Canadian seal hunting, as well as his wife Michelle's stance against wearing fur.
But Mr Friedrich added: "Swatting a fly on TV indicates he's not perfect.
"We're happy to say that we wish he hadn't."
Formed in the US in 1980, Peta has become famous for its celebrity backers and its often risque but good-humored publicity campaigns.
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...nt_Fly_Catcher
and Peta wonder why they get mocked so much
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