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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nadeem Badshah

Man dies after jumping into tiger enclosure at Yorkshire zoo

A police officer stands by a fence near Yorkshire Wildlife Park, with a police car's light bar in the foreground
Police at Yorkshire Wildlife Park which has been evacuated and closed after an incident in the tiger enclosure. Photograph: Charley Atkins/SWNS

A man has died after being attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at a zoo in Yorkshire, police have said.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park was evacuated shortly after the incident and the site will remain closed on Sunday.

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