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The Economic Times
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Yorkshire Wildlife Park: Where is it and what happened there? Inside the reserve housing endangered Amur tigers, with just 500 left in the wild

At Yorkshire Wildlife Park, a man died after he was attacked by a tiger, police have confirmed, prompting a police investigation. A video purportedly showing the man inside the enclosure shortly before the attack has circulated on social media. The video shows the man entering the tiger enclosure at the park near Doncaster just before police were called at 13:35 BST on Saturday. South Yorkshire Police said the tiger then attacked the man and he died at the scene. The tiger was injured and remained in the enclosure following the incident.

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