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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will end 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 the practise has become rare – largely limited to some older people – as more Koreans consider dogs as family pets and as criticism of how the dogs are slaughtered has grown. Activists say most dogs are electrocuted or hanged when slaughtered for meat, though breeders and traders …

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