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COVER VIDEO AND INTERVIEWS ON BEARS FEEDING AT THE LONG LAKE LANDFILL IN NEW YORK 01:00:43:19 INTV/W NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION WILDLIFE MANAGER ROBERT INSLERMAN WHO IS AGAINST ALLOWING BLACK BEARS IN LONG LAKE TO FEED AT THE LANDFILL INSLERMAN EXPLAINS HE'S AFRAID THAT EVENTUALLY SOMEONE WILL GET HURT AND THE BEARS WILL BE BLAMED HE SAYS THE BEARS ARE BEING CONDITIONED TO ASSOCIATE FOOD AT THE LANDFILLS WITH HUMANS AND IT ALTERS THE NATURAL BEHAVIOR OF THE BEARS INSLERMAN SAYS THE BEARS HAVE LOST THEIR FEAR OF HUMANS 01:05:07:13 VS OF A PICKUP TRUCK FULL OF GARBAGE BAGS IS UNLOADED AT THE LONG LAKE LANDFILL VS AS A BULLDOZER DRAGS GARBAGE AROUND THE LANDFILL 01:20:54:13 CU OF ROTTING GARBAGE INTV/W BRUCE JENNINGS, WHO WORKS AT THE LANDFILL, ABOUT THE BEAR PROBLEM AT THE LANDFILL HE SAYS THE PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED RESPECTING THE BEARS AND DESCRIBES INCIDENTS OF PARENTS TRYING TO POSE THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE BEARS SO THEY COULD TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS CI: PERSONALITIES: INSLERMAN, ROBERT PERSONALITIES: JENNINGS, BRUCE ANIMALS: BEARS (ABOUT) ECOLOGY: POLLUTION, GARBAGE