Man shoots neighbor's dog says "it was self-defense"....LIVINGSTON PARISH...

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Roxy, a 2-year-old Boxer mix, was adopted from the Livingston Parish Animal Shelter. Her owner, Christina Dennis

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Travis Severio, 33, of Livingston, was arrested in connection with the shooting. He was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals. He was released Monday after posting $25,000 bond.

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Severio lives two lots from Dennis. He said Roxy was on his lot near his chicken pen.

"I come out here trying to get the dogs away from my chicken pen over there and it come after me, try to bite me, so I went and grabbed my gun and tried again," Severio said. "She chased me back over here to the end of my trailer and that's when I shot it."

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"I was just shooting to shoot the dog because if I was shooting to kill, I would have killed it right there," Severio explained.

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