S. Korea won't back dog meat sales SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The South Korean government said Monday it would not legalize the sale of dog meat ahead of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals here. Several opposition lawmakers introduced a bill in the National Assembly last month to legalize the sale of dog meat, considered a delicacy by many Koreans. Without government support, the bill is unlikely to pass. In a report to the Assembly on Monday, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said that authorizing sales of canine flesh for human consumption would give South Korea a bad international image. It feared that international animal rights groups might campaign to boycott South Korean goods and disrupt the country's role as co-host of the 2002 World Cup, with Japan. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561357236-8e8>
