All polar bears are in peril due to melting ice which keeps them from reaching their food, and causing starvation. Young polar bears are dying at even higher rates than older ones. Polar bears may be extinct by the end of the century.
Is Mama Bear crying because she can't feed her cub? Is she crying because she brought her cub into a world with no future for their kind? Is she crying because of the helplessness she feels?
YES.