Every 3 years, Ypres Belgium has a cat parade called Kattenstoet, culminating in stuffed animals being thrown from the bell tower. It originates from the middle ages, where they threw live feral cats from the tower on “Cats Wednesday”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/world/what-in-the-world/belgium-cat-thrown-tower-ypres.html