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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Visitors have returned to a wildlife park nearly a week after a young man was mauled to death by one of its tigers.
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man → return → tigers
A coroner has been told how Mr Chapman had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, had suffered previous bouts of psychosis and his family had expressed “a number of concerns” in relation to his contact with mental health services.
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family → tell → services
On Friday, the park opened its doors for the first time since the tragedy, including to Land of the Tigers.
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park → open → Tigers
A handful of visitors watched him from the raised wooden walkway, waiting for him to face them for photographs.
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him → watch → photographs
The park was only sparsely attended, despite the autumn sunshine.
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park → attend → sunshine
The walkway is level with the top of the 15ft-high fence which surrounds the tigers, with an extra section stretching away from visitors for about another metre.
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section → surround → metre
Signs on the fences warn it is electrified.
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it → warn → fences
An inquest opening hearing on Thursday was told that Mr Chapman was a self-employed online trader who was living in Doncaster at the time of his death.
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who → open → death
A coroner heard that the Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation trust had launched an investigation.
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trust → hear → investigation
An initial post-mortem examination found that he had died from multiple traumatic injuries after his encounter with the tiger.
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he → find → tiger
The inquest heard Mr Chapman attended the park at about 1.30pm on Saturday, climbed over two fences and entered the tiger enclosure.
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Chapman → hear → enclosure
The coroner said Mr Chapman’s family “were finding things incredibly difficult” and had decided not to attend the hearing, but would be updated afterwards by her staff.
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things → say → staff
In a previous statement on social media, the wildlife park said “many, many people” had contacted them about Altai, the Amur tiger involved in the incident, and it confirmed he is “safe and well” and will not be euthanised.
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he → say → incident
On Thursday, the park confirmed that it will reopen on Friday and said Altai’s “ongoing welfare at YWP remains a priority of our experienced animal care team”.
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welfare → confirm → team
“As we welcome visitors back, we would ask everyone to be understanding and respectful towards our staff team, who have shown tremendous professionalism and dedication during an exceptionally difficult time.
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who → welcome → time
“We are providing specialist trauma support and ongoing care for those affected.
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“As enquiries remain ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further on circumstances at this time.
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us → remain → time
“We would like to thank everyone for their patience, understanding and support during this difficult period, and we look forward to welcoming visitors back to the park.”
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we → like → park
Altai arrived at YWP in 2025 from a Norwegian zoo, as part of a global conservation project.
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Altai → arrive → project
He lives with the female, Tschuna, who came to Doncaster in 2013.
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who → live → 2013
Land of the Tigers is a two-acre enclosure which features woods and a waterfall pool.
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which → feature → woods
The two tigers are usually kept in separate enclosures.
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tigers → keep → enclosures
On Friday, Tschuna was in the enclosure where Mr Chapman was attacked, with Altai in the next door area.
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Chapman → attack → area
Both are flanked by a 300m long walkway which gives visitors an elevated view of the Siberian tigers, which are also known as Amur tigers and are the world’s largest cats.
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which → flank → tigers
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