DONCASTER, Oct. 11 -- A man died on Saturday after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire Police said.

"At 1.35pm today (Saturday October 10) we received reports of a man entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park," the force said. "The tiger subsequently attacked the man, resulting in serious injury. Emergency services attended and sadly, despite the best efforts of medical personnel, the man was pronounced dead at the scene," Metro reported. Yorkshire Ambulance Service sent two ambulances, an air ambulance and a doctor, CBS News reported.

Addressing online speculation about the animal, police said the tiger was uninjured, remained in the enclosure and posed no wider risk to th...