Two - year - old polar bear separated from mother amid fears she would eat it . Kansas City Zoo 's other polar bear ate its own young offspring earlier this week . The zoo said a keeper entered Vilma 's enclosure Monday and noticed that her two cubs were nowhere to be found . Mother was showing signs of being upset and confused , zookeepers said .
Two - year - old polar bear separated from mother amid fears she would eat it . Kansas City Zoo 's other polar bear ate its own young offspring earlier this week . Mother was showing signs of being upset and confused , zookeepers said .