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Man killed by tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park named

The Guardian UK · 13 October 2026 at 14:44

Man killed by tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park named

William Chapman was pronounced dead at scene on Saturday after scaling fence and entering enclosure A man killed by a tiger at a Yorkshire zoo has been named locally as William Chapman.

Chapman scaled the fence and entered the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses described seeing Chapman, who has not been officially named by police, walking up to a 200kg male Siberian tiger, named Altai, which attacked him.

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Man killed by tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park named

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