Ali Hassan Ali hails from Bura Subcounty along the Tana River in eastern Kenya. Ali Hassan is a trained teacher but retired from teaching in 2003 to join wildlife conservation work. He started out as a community ranger in the now defunct Arawale National Reserve and later on as a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) community intelligence member. Since joining the world of conservation, Ali has worked in numerous conservation research projects and surveys conducted within the hirola rangelands. Ali currently serves as the warden for Bura East Conservancy. He continues to exhibit his exemplified ranger skills and also acts as the conservancy liaison to KWS. Apart from being the conservancy warden, he also acts as a research assistant for Hirola Conservation Program in larger hirola rangelands.