BND - Man killed by tiger after entering enclosure at UK wildlife park

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Man killed by tiger after entering enclosure at UK wildlife park

Oct 10, 2 PM ET to Oct 13, 7 PM ET

20outlets carried it
🫏10 · 3 · 7🐘left · center · right
3.2 dayson the front pages
19front pages at once, at its peak
32 minof TV captions
22people retold it online
1fact-check

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 10, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 11, 12 AM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 12, 5 AM ETpeak: on 19 front pages
Oct 13, 4 AM ETretold online by 22 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 10, 2 PM to Oct 13, 7 PM ET (peak 20), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Breitbart, HuffPost)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “Harry Potter” “Don't Try This at Home” “jumped into cage” “jumped into enclosure”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 alongside harry potter 🐘 child actor

✏️ 12 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

BBC (3 wordings): “Man dies after tiger attack at wildlife park” → “Man killed in tiger attack identified as William Chapman”
Breitbart (2 wordings): “Tiger Kills Man Who Entered Big Cat Enclosure at English Wildlife Park” → “Zoo Confirms Tiger that Attacked, Killed Intruder Will Not Be Euthanized”
CBS News (2 wordings): “Man attacked by tiger in England after entering enclosure at wildlife park” → “Man killed by tiger in England after entering enclosure at wildlife park”
HuffPost (2 wordings): “Man Dies After Entering Tiger Enclosure At British Zoo” → “Man Attacked, Dies After Entering Tiger Enclosure At British Zoo”
Mediaite (3 wordings): “Man Dies After Jumping Into Tiger Enclosure in Caught on Video Encounter” → “New Video Shows Tiger Mauling Victim’s Approach Towards Big Cat That Killed Him”
New York Post (9 wordings): “Man mauled by tiger after entering enclosure at wildlife park in England” → “Early days Former child actor killed by tiger after entering cage once starred alongside ‘Harry Potter’ actress”
Red State (2 wordings): “Crime 'Don't Try This at Home': Tiger Kills Man Who Illegally Enters His Cage at Wildlife Park Kyle Becker” → “'Don't Try This at Home': Tiger Kills Man Who Illegally Enters His Cage at Wildlife Park”
The Daily Beast (2 wordings): “Horror Tiger Attack Sparks Panic at Zoo” → “Disturbing New Details Emerge in Deadly Tiger Attack at Zoo”
The Guardian (5 wordings): “Man dies after jumping into tiger enclosure at Yorkshire zoo” → “Man killed by tiger at UK wildlife park named”
The Independent (3 wordings): “Man mauled to death after entering the tiger enclosure at wildlife park” → “Tiger attack victim was at UK zoo by himself”
The Sun (6 wordings): “FATAL MAULING Man dies after being mauled by tiger when he 'jumped into enclosure' in front of horrified crowds at UK wildlife park” → “TIGER TRAGEDY Man mauled to death by tiger when he jumped into enclosure was child actor in hit show alongside Harry Potter star”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “British zoo where man was mauled to death by tiger will not euthanize the animal” → “Tiger that killed a man who entered its enclosure will not be euthanized, zoo says”

Every outlet's first headline (20), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Man Dies After Entering Tiger Enclosure At British Zoo Oct 10, 6 PM ET
The Daily Beast Horror Tiger Attack Sparks Panic at Zoo Oct 10, 6 PM ET
The Guardian Man dies after jumping into tiger enclosure at Yorkshire zoo Oct 10, 2 PM ET
AP A tiger kills a man who entered the big cat enclosure at an English wildlife park Oct 10, 7 PM ET
CBS News Man attacked by tiger in England after entering enclosure at wildlife park Oct 10, 2 PM ET
Mediaite Man Dies After Jumping Into Tiger Enclosure in Caught on Video Encounter Oct 10, 7 PM ET
NBC News Tiger kills man who entered its enclosure at English wildlife park Oct 11, 10 AM ET
The Independent Man mauled to death after entering the tiger enclosure at wildlife park Oct 10, 2 PM ET
USA Today British zoo officials announce tiger's fate after fatal habitat breach Oct 11, 3 PM ET
Yahoo News British zoo where man was mauled to death by tiger will not euthanize the animal Oct 12, 5 AM ET
BBC Man dies after tiger attack at wildlife park Oct 10, 2 PM ET
Newsweek Man Killed After Entering UK Tiger Enclosure: Similar US Zoo Incidents Oct 10, 8 PM ET
Reuters Man dies after entering tiger enclosure at British zoo Oct 10, 6 PM ET
The Sun FATAL MAULING Man dies after being mauled by tiger when he 'jumped into enclosure' in front of horrified crowds at UK wildlife park Oct 10, 2 PM ET
Breitbart Tiger Kills Man Who Entered Big Cat Enclosure at English Wildlife Park Oct 11, 10 AM ET
IJR Man seriously injured after entering Yorkshire zoo tiger enclosure Oct 10, 10 PM ET
New York Post Man mauled by tiger after entering enclosure at wildlife park in England Oct 10, 2 PM ET
Red State Crime 'Don't Try This at Home': Tiger Kills Man Who Illegally Enters His Cage at Wildlife Park Kyle Becker Oct 10, 6 PM ET
The Daily Caller Man Enters Tiger Enclosure At Zoo, Gets Mauled To Death Oct 10, 9 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit HORROR: Man Mauled to Death by Tiger After Jumping Into Enclosure at UK Zoo Oct 10, 6 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News24 min

CNN7 min

Fox News76 s

Man dies after tiger attack at wildlife park BBC News, 16 min
MAN KILLED AFTER ENTERING TIGER ENCLOSURE AT UK WILDLIFE PARK CNN, 6 min
Security questions over tiger attack park BBC News, 2 min
Man killed by tiger in Yorkshire Wildlife Park BBC News, 2 min
Tiger attack park closed for a third day BBC News, 78 s
WILDLIFE PARK: TIGER WILL NOT BE EUTHANIZED AFTER MAULING DEATH CNN, 67 s
Investigation continues into fatal tiger attack BBC News, 54 s
WILDLIFE PARK: TIGER WILL NOT BE EUTHANIZED Fox News, 35 s

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

Donald Trump is posting videos of people being killed by big cats on Truth Social. Oct 14: told by 17 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

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A man was mauled to death by a tiger after entering an enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Oct 13: told by 5 people; told before on Oct 12

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: England Yorkshire Tiger Wildlife park Zoo

what the fact-checkers looked into

🔎 Full Fact: Fake image of wildlife park tiger attack circulates online

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

Man killed by tiger after entering enclosure at UK wildlife park

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