The day before 29-year-old American tourist Katherine Chappell was mauled to death by a lioness, the film-maker posted a photo on Instagram, laughing about the low price of drinks in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The Daily Mail Online reported that “wildlife enthusiast” Chappell worked on an Emmy-winning episode of Game of Thrones and was in South Africa to raise money for animal conservation. <\/p>\n
She was on holiday and had travelled from the US via London. Chappell was attacked at The Lion Park near Lanseria on Monday, allegedly after opening a window in the 4×4 she was travelling in, to take a photo of lions. <\/p>\n
Her tour guide, Pierre Potgieter is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack while trying to push the lion away. <\/p>\n
He denied ignoring the park\u2019s rules and driving with open windows through the enclosures. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not right\u2026 not right at all,\u201d the 66-year-old told The Daily Mail Online.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s what they’re saying, that\u2019s not the case. Not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tour company issued a statement on Tuesday, saying that Chappell opened the window at the last minute to take a picture. <\/p>\n
Tourists who witnessed the attack, reportedly handed photos of the incident to police. <\/p>\n
According to reports, Chapell was driving with a tourist guide with the windows of their car wide open. <\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses say that Chapell continued taking pics even as the lioness approached. Her camera has been taken in by police who may review it as evidence in their inquest docket. <\/p>\n
The guide who tried to rescue her says their windows were mostly closed while driving through the enclosures. One of the animals lunged through an open window, though.<\/p>\n
The 66-year-old tour operator says their windows were closed throughout the drive until the tourist opened a window to take photographs of a pride of lion, when she was attacked. <\/p>\n
Kalabash tours said in a statement that Pierre Potgieter fended off the lion and realised the 23-year-old was bleeding profusely from her neck. He then applied pressure to the wound and called for help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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