It hurts to see this picture ...

This picture says it all in terms of the dark future of polar bears due to global warming. This is not right. No species has the right to cause the extinction of others yet we are doing this at a rate both astounding and tragic. To yours truly, it hurts to see this picture because we are seeing the rapid extinction of the largest land predator on earth.

Polar bears could become nearly extinct by the end of the century as a result of shrinking sea ice in the Arctic if global warming continues unabated, scientists said Monday.

Nearly all of the 19 subpopulations of polar bears, from the Beaufort Sea off Alaska to the Siberian Arctic, would face being wiped out because the loss of sea ice would force the animals onto land and away from their food supplies for longer periods, the researchers said. Prolonged fasting, and reduced nursing of cubs by mothers, would lead to rapid declines in reproduction and survival.

A polar bear and her cubs on pack ice in the Olga Strait, Svaldbard.Credit...Paulette Sinclair/Alamy

Adding insult to injury is this pix showing this magnificent animal surrounded by our pollution.