A lioness that attacked and killed an American tourist at the Lion Park outside Johannesburg will not be put down. Instead, the animal will be removed from its pride and relocated in an enclosure in the park where it will no longer have contact with visitors, according to the park's assistant operating manager Scott Simpson.Animal behaviour experts said it would be unfair to punish the big cat. Lion "whisperer" Kevin Richardson said the lioness had reacted instinctively and cautioned against taking punitive measures."She acted like a lion. She did nothing wrong. You can't blame the lion." he said.The adult lioness mauled the tourist - who has yet to be identified - in the face and neck through an open window of the car in which she was a passenger in the park yesterday afternoon.Eyewitnesses described to park authorities how the lioness attacked the woman who was sitting in the front passenger seat.Her companion attempted to beat the animal off but he was also mauled. Park officials eventually drove the lioness off by shouting and then called paramedics.Emergency services ER24 confirmed the incident and said the tourist was declared dead on the scene. The man who had accompanied her was taken to the Life Fourways Hospital.The fatal attack followed two other incidents at the park in the past six months. In the first, an Australian man was mauled by a lion that leapt through an open car window. In the second, a 13-year-old boy was mauled by a cheetah while riding his bicycle through the reserve.Simpson said the witnesses confirmed that the car window was open when the woman was attacked. He stressed that the park had signs and pamphlets that warned visitors to keep their windows closed ."We don't want to blame anyone, but windows should be closed at all times," said Simpson.The attack sparked a social media uproar with numerous people taking to Twitter calling for the lioness not be euthanised.Under the hashtag SaveTheLion, tweeters called for clemency."Please don't let there be a knee- jerk reaction to the Lion Park death, and the lion is put down!!" said one message."Why would you drive through a lion park with the window open?" asked another.Simpson said the lion would be placed away from people. A similar procedure was followed with the lion that attacked the Australian tourist four months ago."We are definitely not going to be putting down the lioness. We will put her on another property where we keep other wildlife," said Simpson.But lion expert Richardson believes the park should stand its ground and not isolate the lioness."The fact is that these lions are wild animals and in these kind of parks they get food and water from people. It's not surprising that lions take chances, as do people," said Richardson."Visitors are after that incredible picture to take back home and they wind down their windows. I have seen some even climb out of their cars to get closer to lions."Richardson questioned why the park management left visitors to their own devices instead of giving them tour guides who could advise them on what not to do."People should be supervised and the bottom line is that people in parks like these should learn to respect nature. The lesson to be learned is to adhere to rules and regulations that are put in place," he said.US embassy spokesman Jack Hillmeyer said he could not confirm whether the woman was indeed a US citizen.Police have launched an investigation into the incident...