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(FILES) This file photograph taken on October 31, 2018, shows polar bears (Ursus Maritimus) feeding at a garbage dump near the village of Belushya Guba, on the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a tightly-controlled military area where a village declared a state of emergency in February after dozens of bears were seen entering homes and public buildings. - The invasion of a remote Russian village by dozens of ravenous polar bears three years ago captured headlines around the world, with images of groups of animals gorging on rubbish in an open garbage dump. Scientists and conservationists warned on July 20, 2022, that it was just one of a growing number of incidents showing the threat food waste poses to the at-risk animals. (Photo by Alexander GRIR / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER GRIR " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS