--- description: A tiger was shot dead at a Chinese zoo after it fatally mauled a man who scaled a wall to avoid buying a zoo ticket, officials said. title: A Tiger Mauled a Man to Death at a Chinese Zoo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Tiger Mauled a Man to Death at a Chinese Zoo  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2017 3:29 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2017 3:29 PM CUT A [tiger was shot dead at a Chinese zoo](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38793011 "undefined") after it fatally mauled a man who scaled a wall to avoid buying a zoo ticket, only to land in the animal’s den, officials said. Local tourism [officials](http://www.dqlake.gov.cn/en/ "undefined") said the man, whose full name has not yet been released, was visiting the Youngor Zoo in Ningbo with his wife, two children and another couple Sunday when he decided to climb two walls to enter the zoo instead of paying an entrance fee, the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38793011 "undefined") reports. The man ascended two 10-foot walls, including one that bordered the zoo’s tiger exhibit. He was attacked when he dropped into the den and later died at a hospital. **_Read More:_** [**_Tiger Attacks Women in Beijing Animal Park, Killing One_**](http://time.com/4421723/tiger-attacks-women-in-beijing-animal-park-killing-one/ "undefined") The tiger was killed by local police, the BBC reports. Its death was met with anger on social media from people who condemned the man for entering its enclosure. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38793011 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4653441/tiger-mauls-man-chinese-zoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4653441/tiger-mauls-man-chinese-zoo/"},"headline":"A Tiger Mauled a Man to Death at a Chinese Zoo","datePublished":"2017-01-30T15:29:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:39:52.388Z","description":"The man had scaled a wall to avoid buying a zoo ticket, officials said","url":"https://time.com/4653441/tiger-mauls-man-chinese-zoo/","keywords":["animals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4653441/tiger-mauls-man-chinese-zoo/","name":"A Tiger Mauled a Man to Death at a Chinese Zoo"}}]}] ```