With the increased threat of terrorism, the chicken registration debate can take no pause. This weekend, police in New Zealand were taunted by an 'explosive' rooster.

A POTENTIALLY explosive rooster had New Zealand police running around like headless chickens yesterday.

The bird, which had canisters with protruding wires strapped to its wings, was spotted by a member of the public in the Christchurch suburb of Sydenham during the morning.

Police decided to take no chances and herded the bird up an alleyway and called the army bomb disposal squad, Senior Sergeant Ian Freeman of Christchurch police said.

The chicken was put down, and the contents of the canisters strapped to the body were found to be harmless.

While this episode turned out to be a simple prank, it illustrates the grave danger that chickens pose to society. Not only are they capable of carrying explosives, but chickens could be used to deliver anthrax, as well as other biotoxins. Americans for Chicken Safety, while supportive of the rights of law abiding chicken owners, would promote legislative measures that take chickens out of the hands of unlicensed chefs, criminals, and children. ACS is a non-partisan, not for profit advocacy group that has no affiliate with 'Big Chicken' or any political action committees. Currently, one of their top priorities is closing the supermarket loophole, which allows for the purchase of chickens without any sort of background investigation or waiting period.