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'Serious incident' at tiger enclosure closes park
Image source: Lee Boyes/500px (via Getty)
Image caption: Yorkshire Wildlife Park is closed for the remainder of the weekend, say management (stock image)
By Kevin Shoesmith
Yorkshire
Published 17 minutes ago
Emergency services are responding to a "serious incident" at the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
In a statement posted on its website, the visitor attraction said its emergency response procedures had been "immediately activated" and it was "working closely with the authorities to ascertain exactly what happened".
The park, near Doncaster, will remain closed for the remainder of the weekend, it added.
The BBC has contacted the park, South Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service for further details.
The park said the safety and wellbeing of its visitors, staff and animals "remain our highest priority".
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