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South Korea's parliament passed a historic ban on the production and sale of dog meat on Tuesday, as calls for the ban grew amid concerns over animal rights and the dog's international image.
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Recently, surveys have indicated that over half of South Koreans wanted dog meat to be banned, and the majority no longer consume it - but farmers were extremely upset by the bill's passage
South Korea has passed new legislation to outlaw the dog meat industry by 2027.
It's estimated hundreds of thousands of dogs are killed for meat in South Korea, though most people there no longer eat it.