Clearly the bear was hungry, and whether or not its suffering was ONLY due to hunger, we know many bears are dying of starvation because of studies like this: “In 2002, a World Wildlife Fund report predicted that climate change could eventually lead to polar bear endangerment or extinction. Even then, the report found that polar bears were moving from ice to land earlier and staying on land longer, unhealthily extending the bears' fasting season. By the end of summer, most bears studied by the World Wildlife Fund showed signs of starvation.”
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/polar-bear-starving-arctic-sea-ice-melt-climate-change-spd/
RE: Starving Polar Bear Photographer Couldn't Help And Explains Why