Hillary is a Co-founder of the Tanzania Research and Conservation Organization (TRCO). He completed MSc in Wildlife Management and Conservation, at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). While doing his MSc, he focused on the assessment of trade flows of wildlife products in the Tanzania’s Ruaha landscape Tanzania. His project was funded by Trade, Development and the Environment (TRADE) Hub project. He has BSc in Wildlife Management from SUA, and his BSc project assessed the participation of local communities in the land use planning in Kilosa district Tanzania.
Hillary joined Ruaha Carnivore Project as a research assistant in 2016 and involved in various project aspects such as follow ups on large carnivore and livestock mortalities, provide conservation education to local communities, and distributed benefits to local communities as an outreach programme.
In 2019, Hillary in collaboration with the Ecology and Protection Department from the Ruaha National Park, assessed population of lions and spotted hyenas during dry season in the park. He collaborated with other members from TRCO to conduct a study that focused on assessment of local community perceptions towards pangolins, distribution, and trade flows of pangolins in the Tanzania’s Ruaha landscape.
Besides, Hillary is the owner and writer of more than 300 letters related to wildlife conservation and tourism to his blog www.wildlifetanzania.home.blog with the goals of increasing awareness to the public toward the wildlife and natural resource conservation.
