article_snippet.sent: British Veterinary Association has withdrawn British Veterinary Association support for the shooting of free-running badgers in controversial pilot culls.
article_snippet.sent: BVA BVA said BVA still supported badger culling to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.
article_snippet.sent: Animal welfare campaigners welcomed the news but said the BVA ongoing support for cage-trapping and shooting was ‘regrettable’.
highlights_snippet.sent: British Veterinary Association has withdrawn British Veterinary Association support of pilot culls .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: BVA said the scheme had not demonstrated BVA was effective and humane .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But BVA says BVA still supports badger culling to tackle tuberculosis in cattle .