{"id":798479,"date":"2026-10-10T21:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/798479\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:36:11","slug":"man-dies-after-jumping-into-tiger-enclosure-at-yorkshire-zoo-zoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/798479\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after jumping into tiger enclosure at Yorkshire zoo | Zoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A man has died after being attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at a zoo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/yorkshire\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkshire<\/a>, police have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Yorkshire Wildlife Park was evacuated shortly after the incident and the site will remain closed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">South Yorkshire police said that at 1.35pm it received reports of an individual entering the enclosure at the zoo near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/doncaster\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doncaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The force said the attack \u201cresulted in serious injury\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The statement added: \u201cEmergency services attended and sadly, despite the best efforts of medical personnel, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThe man\u2019s family is aware and is being supported by specialist officers. Our thoughts are with them at this distressing time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cRegarding rumours surrounding the condition of the tiger, the animal was uninjured and remained in the enclosure following the incident and there is no wider risk to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The force earlier said: \u201cWe are aware of videos circulating online and we would encourage people not to share this distressing footage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Yorkshire Wildlife Park said a \u201cserious incident\u201d occurred inside the enclosure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">It said in a statement: \u201cOur emergency response procedures were immediately activated, and emergency services are currently attending the scene.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-10\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a>Free newsletter |Every day<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-vf9hps\">Sign up to Headlines UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-djbwnz\">Get the day\u2019s headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791668171_816_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-gx9601\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-10\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe are working closely with the authorities to ascertain exactly what happened.\u201d It added that the \u201csafety and wellbeing of visitors, staff and animals remain our highest priority\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Footage shared on social media appeared to show a man wearing a black jumper sitting on the ground of the enclosure and being attacked by a tiger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A Yorkshire ambulance service spokesperson said it sent a number of resources to the scene including two ambulances, Yorkshire air ambulance and a doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has died after being attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at a zoo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-798479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}