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’m not surprised.

I saw 2 videos, 1 the tiger was playing rough, the other he was trying to eat/bite him hard.

Even one bite must have punctured some vital organs.

Apparently the gas canisters they fire to try and diffuse go off with a sound that’s like a shot to most people (apparently those used to firearms likely can tell the difference).

It must have done because I saw that clip too and the tiger barely touches him and seems slightly timid when he shouts at it. Who knows why he did it, glad the tiger was unharmed though.

I don’t think he was suicidal as he was telling the tiger off for biting him.

But I definitely think some sort of learning difficulties or psychosis.

I saw a second clip where he was actually pinning him down and biting him.

Not nice viewing and by that time there were still obviously people around recording and so it would have got even worse after that.

He was pointing his two little fingers at the tiger, which is Makaton for 'naughty, bad'. I guess that could point to additional needs? I really hope the tiger isn't put down, not its fault at all. All tragic.

Agreed.

It’s like a ‘shark attack’. You’re in the sea, with the shark and the shark was hungry…

Yes, or it might have severed an artery.

What a very sad situation. Whatever the man's motives, I feel for his loved ones who are going to run the gauntlet of social media etc. while they are trying to grieve.

Whether you have sympathy or not, you don’t need to spew hate over the internet about it when ultimately the only thing it can achieve is his poor family reading hate. That was the point the poster being quoted was making.

What an awful situation

More like hashtag be reasonable.

There are circumstances in which people aren’t responsible for their actions. It’s a well-established concept, not something invented in the last few years you unilaterally decide you’re bored with. There’s good reason to think someone who jumps into a big cat enclosure may be one of those people, which would make comments about Darwinism pretty tasteless.

Nobody wants to see an animal harmed (and thankfully it seems the tiger hasn’t been) but we don’t know enough about what happened to judge the man who died.

What the fuck is wrong with you Op 🤬 Posting photos of the poor chap being attacked and asking if people have seen the sick videos circulating social media. He’s since died and police apparently struggled to contact his family , let’s hope the police managed to locate them before they saw any of the photos and videos. Imagine if it was your family member and you found out about their horrific death from a post on Mumsnet !!!

Guardian and Telegraph are saying man died at the scene, but the tiger is not harmed.

He has died. I hope the tiger was unharmed.

I haven't seen the footage but from the descriptions of him wagging his finger at the tiger then I would be in agreement this poor man had mental health issues. Maybe he was having a psychotic episode. Maybe a false belief he could train the tiger.
Very sad for him. I hope they don't put the tiger down though.

I saw the man making those signs and thought the same re a learning disability/difficulty 😢 which if this is the case makes most comments incredibly insensitive

They tranquilise first surely, hoping Tiger is ok

It’s not a dog, it isn’t going to be put down because it bit…it’s a Tiger. It wasn’t killed at the time of the issue so why would they kill it now 🫣🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I do have to wonder at the stupidity of designing and building an enclosure for a predator capable of killing where it is possible for someone mentally unstable to climb into it in the first place

Has the guy died??

Yes

I hope his relatives don't read your comment. Some of them might not know that he is dead yet.
I'm not saying what he did was right, but think of the family left behind.
I speak from experience.

Itv reporting that the guy has died