The Sunda clouded leopard, found only in Borneo and Sumatra, faces acute welfare pressure from deforestation and wildlife trade as its forest habitat shrinks.
Sunda clouded leopards in shrinking forest fragments face reduced territory quality, increased prey competition and greater exposure to human activity. Poaching for pelt and traditional medicine adds direct welfare harm to habitat-driven stress. Their extreme arboreal adaptation means ground travel through deforested areas exposes them to human persecution and road mortality. Enforcement of forest concession boundaries and corridor protection between large forest reserves are the most impactful welfare interventions at landscape scale.