Wildlife is dying off in the once-pristine dense forests, bush, rivers and beaches which have made lush Buffalo City a lifestyle choice for investors and businesses. From the Samango monkey, which is clinging to existence in the Umtiza Nature Reserve between Scenery Park and the King Phalo Airport, to the indigenous freshwater fish Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii) and the ray-finned fish Border barb (Pseudobarbus trevelyani) all 100,000 species of wildlife in the metro are under .