{"id":799323,"date":"2026-10-11T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799323\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:08:09","slug":"wildlife-park-confirms-tiger-will-not-be-euthanised-after-man-mauled-to-death-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799323\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife park confirms tiger will not be euthanised after man mauled to death | Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wildlife park in Yorkshire has confirmed the tiger that mauled to death a man who entered its enclosure<\/a> will not be euthanised.<\/p>\n

A man, who has not yet been named, was seen entering a tiger enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, located near Doncaster<\/a>, before police were called at 1.35pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

South Yorkshire police said the tiger \u201csubsequently attacked the man, resulting in serious injury\u201d and despite the efforts of emergency services, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Sunday, the wildlife park thanked those who had expressed concern after the \u201ctragic incident\u201d and said their \u201cthoughts and heartfelt sympathies\u201d remained with the family of the man who lost his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe park will be closed today and the staff team who were deeply affected by events will receive specialist support,\u201d the statement read. The park also confirmed that the tiger, named Altai, was \u201csafe and well and will not be euthanised\u201d after the incident.<\/p>\n

Yorkshire Wildlife Park was closed on Sunday. Photograph: Charley Atkins\/SWNS<\/p>\n

The foreign secretary and MP for Doncaster North, Ed Miliband<\/a>, said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d and sent his \u201cthoughts and deepest condolences to the family of the individual who died\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very grateful to the emergency services and staff of the park who responded,\u201d Miliband added.<\/p>\n

One visitor at the park, Marie Miller, wrote in a Facebook post that she had seen the man before the incident and he was \u201chappily enjoying\u201d his visit. Miller said the man had asked a stranger to take a picture of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man who I saw on the bridge with his earpods in dancing was happily enjoying seeing the tiger,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe asked a total stranger to take a picture of him with the tiger in the background.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another visitor, who did not want to be identified, told the South West News Service that it was \u201cfrightening and confusing\u201d when the park was evacuated after the incident.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cAt first, we were all scared and confused because we had no idea what was going on. Different routes had been closed off, and staff were positioned around the park directing visitors where to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scariest part was not knowing what was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The visitor said she heard people saying the man was 22, but was unable to confirm this. \u201cAs we walked past the police near the tiger enclosure, we saw officers surrounding a young man in the tiger enclosure,\u201d she said. \u201cWe saw an air ambulance outside the park, although, from what we observed, it didn\u2019t take anyone away.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Yorkshire<\/a> police said the man\u2019s family was made aware of the incident on Saturday and were being supported by specialist officers. The force has encouraged people not to share videos of the incident that have been circulating online.<\/p>\n

Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened in 2009, with the Land of the Tigers attraction opening in 2011. The attraction is on a purpose-built 2-acre reserve for Amur tigers, an endangered subspecies with about 500 left in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wildlife park in Yorkshire has confirmed the tiger that mauled to death a man who entered its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-799323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799323","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=799323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}