Animal rights campaigners have demanded the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships use vegan alternatives, arguing it was wrong for the ‘blood and fat’ of pigs to be hurled for ‘a bit of fun’.
The annual competition, held in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, sees rivals throw bloody sausages in a bid to knock traditional Yorkshire and Lancashire black puddings off a 20ft high plinth.
The quirky northern tradition is said to have been inspired by a bitter 1455 battle in nearby Stubbins during the War of the Roses – fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
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