Cougar ad gets backs up

Published: 7:56PM Monday January 18, 2010 Source: Close Up

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Do you know what a cougar is? We are not talking a wild mountain animal but the term for an older woman hunting out younger men.

Air New Zealand's jumped on the cougar bandwagon with an online ad - but is it funny or offensive?

The ad has comedian Penny Ashton snarling, as Close up finds out.

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