Post by Zadeth on Jun 3, 2015 18:08:11 GMT
"The woman mauled to death at a lion park in South Africa on Monday has been identified as an American tourist who has done award-winning visual effects work on Game of Thrones.
Katherine Chappell, 29, was killed by a lioness that bit her neck while she was taking pictures through an open window at the Lion Park in Johannesburg, police say. The young woman likely didn't see the animal coming; witnesses say they honked their horns to warn her as it snuck up on the side of her car. The park has said it forbids open windows and has posted signs warning tourists to keep them closed.
In a Facebook statement, Chappell's family stated she was visiting South Africa as part of a volunteer mission to protect wildlife.
The visual effects editor was employed at the Vancouver office of Scanline, a company that says it specializes in producing "complex effects for high end feature film and commercials." On IMDB, a website that tracks information about film productions, Chappell is credited for her work on Game of Thrones, Godzilla and Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
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Katherine Chappell, 29, was killed by a lioness that bit her neck while she was taking pictures through an open window at the Lion Park in Johannesburg, police say. The young woman likely didn't see the animal coming; witnesses say they honked their horns to warn her as it snuck up on the side of her car. The park has said it forbids open windows and has posted signs warning tourists to keep them closed.
In a Facebook statement, Chappell's family stated she was visiting South Africa as part of a volunteer mission to protect wildlife.
The visual effects editor was employed at the Vancouver office of Scanline, a company that says it specializes in producing "complex effects for high end feature film and commercials." On IMDB, a website that tracks information about film productions, Chappell is credited for her work on Game of Thrones, Godzilla and Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
Read more here.
