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Despite best efforts from medical professionals, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man has not been named. South Yorkshire Police have urged the public not to share footage from the incident circulating on social media, as the incident continues to spark debate online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yorkshire Wildlife Park confirmed in a social media statement yesterday that the rare Amur tiger involved in the incident, named Altai, will not be euthanised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also said that staff, who were &#8220;deeply affected,&#8221; are receiving &#8220;specialist support,&#8221; and shared thoughts and sympathies for &#8220;the family and loved ones of the man who sadly lost his life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further updates will be provided by 360Wire as they continue to emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[575,576,577,580,588,581],"tags":[596,593,595,594,592],"class_list":["post-5353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story","category-live-news","category-live-news-top-story","category-news","category-news-sheffield","category-news-top-story","tag-crime","tag-doncaster","tag-news","tag-tiger","tag-yorkshire-wildlife-park"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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