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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

By Sophie Williams and Simon Holmes For Mailonline

Published: 05:07 EST, 30 January 2017 | Updated: 05:07 EST, 30 January 2017

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A man in China was killed by a tiger after he tried to climb the fence in a bid to avoid paying for his entrance ticket.

The incident occurred at the Youngor Wildlife Park in the city of Ningbo, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) south of Shanghai on January 29.

The zoo has since released a statement saying that the man surnamed Zhang and his friend had scaled the wall of the enclosure to gain free access to the park.

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

The statement said: "Zhang and Li climbed over a three-metre wall from the northwest side of the zoo, ignoring signs along the wire fence, before scaling over another three-metres into the tiger enclosure.'

The statement also said that the men brought their wives and children to the zoo however they paid for their entrance fee whereas the two men did not.

According to the South China Morning Post, entrance to the zoo costs up to 130 yuan (£15) for adults and 70 yuan (£8) for children.

Video footage emerged online of the tiger dragging the man under some trees and sinking its teeth into his neck as two other big cats lurked 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.

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 and could only watch as the tiger bit and mauled him

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.