The Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger attack was a fatal incident involving 24-year-old William Chapman at the park near Doncaster, England. News reports said emergency services were called on a Saturday after a man entered a tiger enclosure from a raised walkway. Chapman died at the scene from multiple traumatic injuries.
A coroner’s inquest into his death began the following Thursday. The inquest is to examine the circumstances of the incident; the supplied reports do not establish why Chapman entered the enclosure.
Chapman’s family asked people to stop sharing footage of the attack, saying its circulation was causing them severe distress. The park said the tiger, named Altai, was safe and would not be euthanized. Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a zoo and wildlife conservation centre in South Yorkshire that opened in 2009.