Awards
- 2019 Homeward Bound Program – Stephanie Dolrenry
- 2019 Wildlife Warrior – John Merishi
- 2016 Wildlife Warrior – Luke Maamai
- 2016 Finalist Rolex Awards for Enterprise
- 2014 Top 10 CNN Hero
Popular Press
Lion Guardians
Marcus Westberg, bioGraphic, April 2017
Living With Lions
David Quammen, National Geographic August 2013
BBC “Africa” Series – Episode 6 – The Future
Presented by Sir David Attenborough Original broadcast February 2013
- Lion Guardians: Kenya’s Iconic Predators Find Some Unlikely Allies – Marcus Westberg, Africa Geographic, September 2018 (published previously in bioGraphic)
- Why Poison Is a Growing Threat to Africa’s Wildlife – Edwin Dobb, National Geographic, August 2018
- Guarding Lions – Georgia Woodroffe, Voices for Biodiversity, July 2018
- Lion Guardians – Why I Love Kenya, April 2018
- Lion Guardians Celebrates their First Decade – Tamara Britten, Fly Safarilink, Jan – Mar 2018
- Lion Guardians – Marcus Westberg, Biographic, April 2017
- In Kenya, lion hunters become Lion Guardians – AFP, September 2016
- Proving the Exception: Coexistence between human and lions is possible – Salisha Chandra, National Geographic Blog, December 2015
- Lion populations to halve in most of Africa in next 20 years – Rachel David, New Scientist, October 2015
- Homegrown African solutions to Elephant Poaching – Fred Nelson, National Geographic Online, October 2015
- Small but not silent – Salisha Chandra & Jessie Davie, Stanford Social Innovation Review, October 2015
- Majestic Horizons – Waris Ahluwalia, Porter Magazine, Winter 2018
- Out & About: On a Mission to Count Lions – Rupi Mangat, Daily Nation, 01-Mar-19
- Tradition-inspired programmes to safeguard the lion – The Standard, Kenya 1 July 2012
- Researchers Are Using Facial Recognition Software To Save Lions – Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian.com, 01-Jul-15
- World Lion Day activists remember Cecil as they highlight big cat’s plight – Mahita Gajanan, The Guardian, August 2015
- Lion facial recognition debuts in Africa – Millie Kerr, Scientific American, June 2015
- Lion Guardians turn hunters into protectors – Julie Kalius, Grind TV, October 2014
- CNN: 5 can’t-miss Tanzania experiences – Jordan Bissel, CNN, October 2014
- Mother Nature Network: From hunters to protectors: The Lion Guardians and a story of changing perceptions – Sidney Stevens, Mother Nature Network, September 2014
- Lion populations on the rise as morans take up “Maasai Olympics”, become wildlife guardians – John Mbaria, The EastAfrican, March 2014
- Can Mock Hunts Save Lions’ Lives – Stephanie Dloniak, ENSIA, February 2014
- How long will the lions roar? – Anthony Ham, The Age March 2013
- Guarding the Predators – Julie Peek, Spring/Summer 2012, In Common Magazine – Nelson Institute
- The Huffington Post Publishes Op-Ed by Panthera’s President, Dr. Luke Hunter, on ‘How to Live with Lions’ – Huffington Post – 2 July 2012
- National Geographic Weekend – March 12, 2011
- Eleven Changemakers Chosen as Recipients of Microsoft and National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation Grants: – AptanTech – 13-Dec-18
- Guardians of the Lions – Anthony Ham, Africa Geographic – Vol.20 No.4 May 2012
- Lion Guardians project led by Nelson alumna wins St Andrews Prize for the Environment – May 2, 2012, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
- St Andrews Prize now down to the final three – April 21, 2012
- Keystone Ladies: A few of the women fiercely defending ecosystems the world over. – Julia Whitty, May/June 2012 Issue, Mother Jones
- Unlimited Adventure series in Vail Thursday – Leela Hazzah helping protect dwindling African Lion population – Vail Daily, Randy Wyrick, March 9, 2011
- The Lion Saver: Leela Hazzah – Vogue, Eve MacSweeney, November 2009
- Danger Junkies – Marie-Claire, Abigail Pest, August 5, 2009
- Africa’s lion population is falling – An interview with lion researcher Leela Hazzah – mongabay.com, March 25, 2008
- Southern Kenya’s Maasai tribe, lions locked in battle – Rob Crilly, Special for USA TODAY, USA Today, August 2006
- Transforming lion killers into “Lion Guardians”
- LINC, a Kenyan-based NGO, among those set to benefit from $1.2 million Microsoft, National Geographic grants – National Geographic Blog – 11-Dec-18