The family of William Chapman, who was killed by a tiger at a wildlife park, have said “deeply offensive media content is causing them severe distress” after US president Donald Trump reposted a widely shared video of the incident.

Mr Trump posted footage of Mr Chapman being fatally attacked by a tiger at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park to 13 million followers on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday evening.

The 23-year-old’s family posted a tribute, also on Tuesday evening, describing him as a “bright, warm and engaging young man”, criticising the online reaction to his death and questioning what part his “significant mental illness over a number of years” and prescribed strong medication played in the incident.

The US president accompanied the short clip – which showed the animal biting and clawing Mr Chapman as he sat in the enclosure, but not him being killed – with the signed message: “Don’t ever mess with nature!”

On Wednesday morning Mr Trump followed this up with another post – this time an AI-generated video of him grappling with a tiger, which appears to mimic the original.

The clip, which is accompanied by the Tight Fit song The Lion Sleeps Tonight, features the president copying the pointing gesture made by Mr Chapman, and ends with him hugging the animal.

A spokesperson for No 10 said: “I’m not going to comment on the president’s social media channels, he’s got a press secretary who can speak to that.”

President Trump has been shredded on social media after posting an A.I. video of himself wrestling a tiger that mauled a man to death.

​Trump initially shared the real-life footage of William Chapman being attacked by an Amur tiger to his 13 million followers on Truth Social on Tuesday night. It was recorded at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in the UK, with the attack having taken place on October 10.

​The president captioned his post: “Don’t ever mess with nature! President DJT”.

In a statement, the family of William Chapman said: “William was a bright, warm and engaging young man whom his family dearly loved – and William loved them back.

“Sadly, William suffered from significant mental illness over a number of years and was consequently prescribed strong medication.

“It will be for the coroner to decide what part this played in his death.

“We would ask everybody to respect that process.

“The family are utterly devastated by their loss and are struggling to come to terms with what has happened. The publication and circulation of deeply offensive media content is causing them severe distress at an exceptionally vulnerable time. We ask people to stop doing this.

“The family are hopeful that the relevant authorities will do their upmost to get to the bottom of why our amazing son did what he did.

“In the meantime, please do not approach the family, their addresses, or scrape any further social media from William’s or his family’s accounts.”

The park remains closed for the fifth day running after the tragic incident on Saturday.

A notice on the website, said: “We can confirm that a serious incident has occurred on Saturday at the tiger enclosure.

“Our emergency response procedures were immediately activated, and emergency services attended the scene.

“The park will be closed today whilst we are working closely with the authorities. The Yorkshire Hive will remain open as usual.

“The safety and wellbeing of our visitors, staff and animals remain our highest priority. “

The family of William Chapman have asked people not to scrape further posts from social media in a bid for privacy.

Mr Chapman was identified on Tuesday as the man who died after jumping into a tiger enclosure in Yorkshire.

His family said: “In the meantime, please do not approach the family, their addresses, or scrape any further social media from William’s or his family’s accounts.”

President Trump has been shredded on social media after posting an A.I. video of himself wrestling a tiger that mauled a man to death.

​Trump initially shared the real-life footage of William Chapman being attacked by an Amur tiger to his 13 million followers on Truth Social on Tuesday night. It was recorded at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in the UK, with the attack having taken place on October 10.

​The president captioned his post: “Don’t ever mess with nature! President DJT”