Brian Heidik, winner of Survivor Thailand, was arrested on Tuesday for misdemeanor battery and animal cruelty charges, E! Online reports.

Heidik was arrested and posted a $6,000 bond after allegedly shooting a dog with a bow and arrow.

Police say he shot the dog after it wandered into his yard. The dog, a 12-16 week old shepherd-hound mix, was shot below its ribcage. The animal survived his injuries.

“You can equate it to seeing a kid going across your property and going and beating the heck out of him,” Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan Copeland told the Journal-Constitution.

Heidik says he thought the animal was a fox or a coyote and that’s why he shot it.






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