South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare.

Eating dog meat was once seen as a way to improve stamina in the humid Korean summer. But it has become a rarity — now eaten mostly by some older people —as more Koreans consider dogs as family pets and as criticism of how the dogs are slaughtered has grown.

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