Animal rights activist cleared.

AN animal rights activist was yesterday cleared of sending a suspicious package to the boss of a Scottish airport.

Andrew Kirk Andrew Kirk is the name of:

Drew Kirk, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Andrew Jackson Kirk (1866-1933), U.S. Representative from Kentucky

, 50, was charged with breach of the peace after allegedly sending an alarming letter about vivisection vivisection (vĭv'ĭsĕk`shən), dissection of living animals for experimental purposes. The use of the term in recent years has been expanded to include all experimentation on living animals, rather than just dissection alone. to Aberdeen airport For the airport in Aberdeen, South Dakota, see .

Aberdeen Airport (IATA: ABZ, ICAO: EGPD) is the third largest airport in Scotland, and one of the UK's top 10 by number of flights ^[1]. on March 19.

The case at the city's sherifff court was Kirk's first in Scotland, despite facing English courts 39 times. Kirk, of Inverness Inverness, town, Scotland
Inverness (ĭn'vərnĕs`), town (1991 pop. 39,736), Highland, N Scotland, on the Moray Firth at the mouth of the Ness River. , said he sent the package to protest the airport's alleged involvement in transporting animals for testing.

He said: "I was exercising my right to free speech. To be charged with such an offence is insane."

CAPTION(S):

PACKAGE: Kirk

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Date:	Nov 4, 2009
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