Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes,appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.The Italian Association for Defense of Animals and the Environment,which has a white bunny logo, has started an online petition signed by nearly 1,900 people asking the German-born pontiff to stop wearing fur.A newspaper had photos Benedict and one of his predecessors,Pope John XIII,wearing an ermine-trimmed hat and cape.It put the shots next to a picture of a live stoat.