Man has jumped into Tiger enclosure

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

At Yorkshire wildlife park.Anyone seen the video? I live local to it and the video of the man wagging his finger at it telling it no like a toddler is shocking.Hes lucky he wasnt killed.

I agree.

I won’t be here forever. And the idea that my son may be cared for by someone who can’t keep him away from a deadly animal, is horrifying.

Perhaps spend your pennies on NOT watching animals in captivity? And try to give a care to the man who died, rather than focusing solely on your own interests.

We’re more locals, here.

I feel very sorry for the staff at the Wildlife Park, tbh. I hope they will have the support that they need. The same goes for any visitors who saw this horrible incident, and my condolences go out to the man’s family.

I ended up scrolling and on the video being shared. Could not watch it until the end and i reported it. Disgusting to be sharing this.

I saw the video, my cats play with spiders like that. Tbf they don't eat them, I'm not sure if the tiger tried to actually eat him or not there's only a small clip shared

It's been claimed on X that he was deaf and had learning difficulties. How utterly tragic all round, no matter how it happened.

@DearCritic a man is mauled to death and your first thoughts are a refund? Fucking hell

I live nearby and South Yorkshire Police have confirmed the man died earlier today from his injuries. A friend works at YWP and she confirmed the tiger (male called Altai) was scared off using gas canisters and is unharmed. The tiger won’t be euthanised. The park is closed tomorrow.

It literally is the most terrifying feeling isn’t it? It absolutely breaks my heart and fills me with dread to think of the future when I’m not here.
I just feel so awful for this poor man’s family. I can’t even begin to imagine.

The Yorkshire Post is reporting shots were fired into the enclosure including a gas canister

It’s not the refund that’s the issue, it’s the grabby ‘discount as a good will gesture’ that’s grim. I’m not in a financial position to write it off, I’d not expect a good will gesture though for missing out as a result of someone’s death. There’s always people like you lurking around in situations like this though so I’m sure the wildlife park will get a few of you.

Yep?

There isn't much of their natural habitat left, and they're relentlessly persecuted including of Chinese "medicine".
The wildlife parks are a far nicer environment than traditional zoos, and have important breeding programmes to stop animals like tigers going extinct.

Do you know what Yorkshire Wildlife Park actually do? They aren’t stealing animals from the wild, they are hugely into conservation.

My 1st thought ! i think the shots heard were gas canisters being fired off to scare the tiger back into its enclosure - i hope that's the case !

For those talking about the design of the enclosure I have taken a screenshot from Googlemaps (might take some time to show).

To get into the enclosure from the high walkway you would have to jump (not just drop) over the wooden barrier onto the metal fence. I think from memory there is a gap between the two - it's difficult to tell from that angle. You would then need to climb up and over the metal fence and jump into the enclosure.

Where are people seeing that the tiger is dead as no news reports are saying it. I’ll be so so angry if they kill that beautiful animal he’s done nothing wrong. Thoughts are with the man’s family and the poor people that witnessed what happened

There’s only so much they can do to make the area safe. They can’t forsee how vulnerable people are going to act. Visitors have responsibility too

check BBC

Very sad. I hope to never see this video circulating, and it’s awful that someone has shared it and filmed in the first place!!!

No, that’s not where people are seeing it, because irs not true

Stunned that anyone would be so crass as to mention refunds or money in any form whatsoever in relation to this tragic case.

Well hindsight is clearly an easy lens to view this through. But that enclosure looks quite open for such dangerous animals

Sorry i meant check BBC for the latest news about it. They did not kill the tiger.