Wife and child look on in horror as tiger drags husband into enclosure and mauls him to death in Chinese zoo
- A young man has been killed by a tiger in front of his horrified wife and child
- He was visiting Youngor Wildlife Park in the city of Ningbo, China with family
- A video emerged of the tiger dragging the man under a tree and mauling him
- One tiger in the enclosure was shot dead by park staff after the rescue attempt
A young man has been killed by a tiger in front of his horrified wife and child after getting dragged into its zoo enclosure.
The incident occurred at the Youngor Wildlife Park in the city of Ningbo, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) south of Shanghai.
An onlooker took footage of the tiger dragging the man under some trees and sinking its teeth into his neck as two other big cats lurked behind.
![The man tries to sit up as the tiger sinks its teeth into his upper body](http://web.archive.org./web/20201112012836/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/29/14/3CA0F83100000578-4168856-image-m-4_1485699009433.jpg)
![The man is floored by the beast as another tiger lurks behind](http://web.archive.org./web/20201112012836/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/29/14/3CA0F82700000578-4168856-image-a-5_1485699026176.jpg)
The man (left) tries to sit up as the tiger sinks its teeth into upper body and he is floored by the beast (right) as another tiger lurks behind
Zoo visitors raised the alarm soon after he was attacked by the predator but it took zoo staff about an hour to grapple the man from the tiger's firm grip, according to local reports.
The tigers were eventually driven away by firecrackers and a water cannon, said a report in the Beijing Youth Daily, which added that the man was rushed to hospital but later died.
One tiger in the enclosure was shot dead by local forestry bureau staff.
One witness said the tiger wouldn't allow the man escape: 'I saw the tiger mauling the person, whose face was covered with blood. Every time he sat up, the tiger pushed him down again.'
The reports said it was not clear how or why the man, whose wife and child had come to the park with him, had gotten into the tiger enclosure.
The zoo was closed at 3pm local time while police and local forestry bureau staff arrived at the zoo at about 3:15pm.
![In January, a father was mauled to death by a tiger after trying to climb the fence of a zoo](http://web.archive.org./web/20201112012836/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/29/14/3CA0F82300000578-4168856-image-a-11_1485699190992.jpg)
The man is dragged under some trees in the tiger enclosure by the ferocious animal
![Visitors and security staff were unable to help the man](http://web.archive.org./web/20201112012836/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/29/14/3CA0F83700000578-4168856-image-m-9_1485699075681.jpg)
![Screams can be heard from horrified onlookers](http://web.archive.org./web/20201112012836/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/29/14/3CA0F84300000578-4168856-image-a-10_1485699084508.jpg)
Visitors and security staff were unable to help the man and could only watch as the tiger bit and mauled him
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