Yellow-throated martens are wide-ranging forest carnivores of South and Southeast Asia, facing welfare threats from trapping for the wildlife trade and habitat fragmentation.
Yellow-throated marten welfare is most directly threatened by trapping for the illegal wildlife trade, which causes acute physical injury and significant stress during capture, transport, and captive holding. Snares cause limb injuries, while cage traps cause panic and physical damage from escape attempts. As wide-ranging, highly active mustelids, captive confinement causes severe psychological welfare compromise through inability to express natural ranging behaviour. Strengthening trade enforcement and reducing demand for wild-caught martens in the traditional medicine and pet trade are the primary welfare interventions available.