Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: A dog condemned to death has been granted a stay of execution by the High Court after a Melbourne council spent two years and $600,000 trying to have it destroyed. City of Knox council ordered Izzy, a four-year-old Staffordshire terrier, to be destroyed in June 2013 after she bit a woman in August 2012 which caused her to suffer a 1.5 cm laceration to her finger. After losing a bid for Izzy's life in the Victorian Court of Appeal, the staffy's devoted owner, Tania Isbester, took her fight to the High Court of Australia claiming her dog had not been given a fair trial.The City of Knox council made an 'administrative decision' to kill IzzyThe four-year-old Staffordshire terrier bit a woman in August 2012She suffered a 1.5cm cut but it was classed as a 'serious injury'Council decided to destroy Izzy during a council panel meetingThe High Court upheld Izzy's appeal citing a panel member was biasedA newly convened panel is set to decide Izzy fate later this monthKnox mayor Peter Lockwood said defending the case cost $600,000 
 Question:In September 2013, Izzy's owner Ms Isbester pleaded guilty to charges of her dog causing 'serious injury' at Ringwood Magistrates Court but the local council, the _, did not apply for a destruction order on Izzy from the magistrate at that time.

City of Knox