Yorkshire Wildlife Park to remain closed after fatal tiger attack
ITV News reports police confirmation of a man's death in Doncaster and an appeal not to circulate footage of the incident.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 204,833 views a day, 31 times a normal first day on this channel (6,650).
A man has died after being attacked by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster.
South Yorkshire Police received reports of a man entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, ITV News reports. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The broadcaster's brief report says the tiger was not injured and police have confirmed there is no wider risk to the public. The park will remain closed the following day.
The upload reached roughly 124,000 views in its first ten hours, far beyond the usual first-day audience for an ITV News Short. Its comment section was also substantially busier than usual.
The report ends with a police appeal concerning footage circulating online: officers are urging people not to share videos of the incident.
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- Channel
- ITV News
- Subscribers
- 2,250,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,668,963
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,244,074 (on a normal day: 1,282,302)
- Video published
- October 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 123,652 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 204,833
The numbers
The report drew an unusually large audience before its first full day was over. The figures below show its early views and comment activity alongside ITV News's usual first-day response.
