The man who was mauled to death by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park after entering its enclosure has been identified as William Chapman, Sky News understands. Mr Chapman appears to have filmed himself approaching the animal in the moments before the attack, according to footage posted on his personal social media and seen by Sky News. #tigers #skynews #uk #wildlife SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy or Ed Conway's Stuff Matters, available here: https://podfollow.com/stuff-matters To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales
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People debating whether he has mental health problems.. the bloke got into a tiger enclosure and told the animal to "stop being naughty" he CLEARLY wasn't sound of mind.
Correct decision not to put the tiger down
Can't blame a tiger for being a tiger
I am relieved to hear the wildlife park will not euthanize the tiger. It was not the tigers' fault. He is unaware of any differences. He defended his territory
Not the Tiger's fault that the dude invaded his sanctuary.
Beautiful tiger certainly shouldn't be euthanised
500 siberian tigers in the wild. We are the bad guys here.
Sad, but... Tiger did nothing wrong. The zoo also did nothing wrong. So this is a personal responsibility issue.
Thank god the tiger will not be killed.
They better not kill that tiger.
Tiger did what tigers do.
Why would anyone even consider that the tiger should be euthanized?
Dude committed 'suicide by tiger'. That's not on the tiger.
Even if the tiger is found guilty in a court of law, he’s already imprisoned.
I feel bad for everyone who had to witness this horrific scene in person.
It unnerves me that people were even discussing whether or not to kill the tiger. Tigers are apex predators. It did exactly what it was supposed to do. It is us humans who failed that day.
He must have had a breakdown of some sort. No sane person goes up to a tiger and very softly addresses like a cat. RIP very sad. Glad the tiger is not going to be put down
Poor tiger being labeled as an attacker when the tiger was just chilling doing tiger things.
The idea of euthanasia for a tiger being a tiger is total lunacy. It beggars belief.
I'm glad to hear the wildlife park are not going to euthanise the Tiger. It wasn't the tiger's fault. He doesn't know any different. He was defending his territory