A Spring Creek man has been arrested on bestiality charges after severely injuring a dog. At some point in the investigation, the dog was found with safety pins stuck in his skin, and had also been burned. Sheriffs determined that the last person in contact with the dog was 32 year old Thomas Copland. Copland was found hiding in a closet inside his home when when Elko Sheriffs showed up to arrest him, and told investigators that he knew they were coming for him. Copland is now being held on $30,000 bail.