除了非法野生動物貿易，非洲的合法野生動物貿易亦造成巨大的威脅。於2011至2015年期間，共有270萬的野生動物在撒哈拉以南的非洲被合法交易；當中有120萬隻尼羅鱷、南非毛皮海獅、哈特曼山斑馬、非洲象及河馬等的皮毛，以及150萬隻活的球蟒、非洲灰鸚鵡、帝王蠍、豹紋陸龜及草原巨蜥等被用作寵物貿易。無論是野外捕獲或圈養繁殖，這些貿易都對動物及生態造成傷害和威脅。
Beside illegal wildlife trade, legal trade also damaging the biodiversity in Africa. between 2011-2015 in sub-Saharan African, 2,7 minion of wild animals were traded legally; including 1.2 million of animal skins from animals like the Nile crocodile, the Cape fur seal, Hartmann’s mountain zebra, the African elephant and the common hippo; also, around 1.5 million of live animals like the ball python, the African grey parrot, the emperor scorpion, the leopard tortoise, and the savannah monitor lizard were legally trade as pets. whether these animal were wild-caught or captive-breed, these trades are causing harm and threats to the animal and biodiversity.
