Donald Trump posted the infamous video of a 24-year-old UK resident who was mauled to death by a tiger to his Truth Social feed.
William Chapman, 24, died on Saturday after climbing into a big cat’s enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, where he was attacked by a Siberian tiger named Altai.
The President, who often posts memes and popular videos to his Truth Social feed, captioned the clip with a warning to Americans.
‘Don’t ever mess with nature! President DJT,’ he wrote.
Trump followed that post up with other videos of wildlife attacking humans after escaping from cages.
Later in the evening, Trump posted an AI video of the tiger attempting to attack him, before the digital version of the President chased him away, before eventually befriending the tiger, all backed by ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight.’
One clip starts by showing a lion breaking out of its enclosure at a zoo in front of a horrified janitor, then another of multiple lions attacking a zookeeper among several lion attack clips.
The President did not caption the other videos, which were posted on his feed en route to a rally in Alaska on Tuesday.
Trump posted the infamous video of a 24-year-old UK resident who was mauled to death by a tiger to his Truth Social feed
William Chapman, 24, died on Saturday after climbing into a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster
Chapman posted a series of bizarre pictures and footage on social media in the days leading up to his decision to climb into the tiger’s cage on Saturday.
The terrifying video shows the moment he entered the pen and approached a lone tiger lying on a raised wooden platform.
Just minutes later, he was attacked and killed by the animal.
Moments before the attack, Chapman, who was reported to be alone and dancing to music in his headphones, had asked visitors to take a picture with the tiger.
He is believed to have climbed into the enclosure where he began ‘praying and bowing’ on all fours in front of the animal.
When the tiger attacked, the man screamed ‘stop’ several times and appeared to make a gesture for ‘bad’ in sign language system Makaton.
Witnesses said he told the tiger to ‘stop being naughty’ and appeared as if he was ‘in a trance’ and ‘not attached to reality’.
The scene at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday
The terrifying video shows the moment he entered the pen and approached a lone tiger lying on a raised wooden platform
Police and ambulance services rushed to the park as staff evacuated visitors but he was pronounced dead.
Distressing footage was uploaded to social media and showed the tiger pawing at and toying with the man.
Parkgoers said they then saw it jump onto his neck.
Visitors were rapidly evacuated and emergency services, including an air ambulance, rushed to the scene, but the man was confirmed to have died.
Chapman’s family are aware and are being supported by specialist officers.
Zookeepers were said to have done ‘everything they could’ to drive tiger Altai off, firing five loud acoustic gun blasts in attempts to scare him.
Two ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the park at 1.35pm, with a ‘black screen’ erected around the enclosure as lifesaving treatment was attempted.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which remains closed, confirmed that Altai will not be euthanized in the wake of the incident.
Later in the evening, Trump posted an AI video of the tiger attempting to attack him, before the digital version of the President chased him away, before eventually befriending the tiger, all backed by ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’
A man died after climbing into the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday and being attacked by a 200kg male Siberian tiger, Altai, above
An air ambulance and police van are seen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon
The licensing authority for Yorkshire Wildlife Park, City of Doncaster Council, has now launched a health and safety investigation into the man’s death.
Dan Swaine, executive director of place at City of Doncaster Council, said: ‘As the relevant licensing authority for the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, I can confirm that, in line with our statutory duties, the council has launched a health and safety investigation.
‘We are also working with multiple agencies, including the police and health agencies, and are supporting the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in response to the incident.
‘At this time, we won’t be commenting further on the individual or the investigation and we ask that the privacy of those involved is respected at this difficult time.’
Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened in 2009, with the Land of the Tigers attraction opening in 2011.
The attraction is a purpose-built, two-acre reserve for Amur tigers, an endangered subspecies with around 500 left in the wild.
Photos of the enclosure on the park’s website show a high walkway for visitors and fencing above the section where the tigers can roam.
