article_snippet.sent: Condemned Staffordshire terrier Izzy is set to be destroyed after Izzy bit a woman in August 2012 after escaping from Izzy owner Tania Isbester's backyard in The Basin, east Melbourne, Victoria.
article_snippet.sent: Lawyers for Victorian woman Tania Isbester's appealed to the High Court hoping to have Izzy Staffordshire terrier, deemed aggressive by Knox City Council, saved from being put down.
article_snippet.sent: The woman who Izzy bit suffered a 1.5cm to Izzy finger on August 4 in 2012, which is deemed as a 'serious injury' under the Domestic Animal Act in Victorian law, and Izzy was seized by Knox City Council in June 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Condemned Staffordshire terrier Izzy is set to be destroyed but could be saved by a final the High Court bid .
article_snippet.sent: Ms Isbester had three Staffordshire terriers, including Izzy, which were involved in attacks on other dogs after escaping from Ms Isbester backyard in The Basin, a suburb in Melbourne's east.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013 Ms Isbester pleaded guilty to a charge relating to an 1.5cm cut allegedly caused by Izzy on the middle finger of a woman trying to pull the dog away from Ms Isbester daughters.
article_snippet.sent: In September 2013, Izzy's owner Ms Isbester pleaded guilty to charges of Ms Isbester dog causing 'serious injury' at Ringwood Magistrates Court but the local council, the City of Knox, did not apply for a destruction order on Izzy from the magistrate at the time of collection.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, Knox City Council ruled that the dog known as Izzy (owned by Tania Isbester) should be destroyed during a council panel meeting.
article_snippet.sent: the same council officer who brought the charges against Izzy's owner Ms Isbester the charges then sat as a member of the three person panel which decided to put the dog known as Izzy (owned by Tania Isbester) down,' Mr Mcewen told Daily Mail Australia. '
highlights_snippet.sent: The City of Knox council made an 'administrative decision' to kill Izzy .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Staffordshire terrier suffered a 1.5cm cut but The Staffordshire terrier was classed as a 'serious injury'
  Council decided to destroy Izzy during a council panel meeting .
  