The video of the incident in the Northamptonshire village of Whittlebury shows the cat entering the free-standing bird table before an apparent explosive device forced her to make a quick exit.
The ancient proverb goes that a cat has nine lives - but poor Suki looks like she doesn’t have many left after startling footage showed the 11-year-old tabby surviving an explosion on a bird table.
Ms Elam said Suki had been traumatised by the incident, which happened in the garden of a property in the village’s High Street on 9 April 2023.
In its statement, the council said: “We are aware of the recent media coverage regarding an alleged incident involving one of our parish councillors.
The incident in question, which reportedly took place in 2023, was investigated at the time by Northamptonshire Police who decided to not take any further action.”.
