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Fat Bear Week 2024 takes grisly turn as fatal bear fight is caught on camera

Fat Bear Week 2024 voting will run from October 1 to October 8

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024

"The ferocity of bears is real" – Fat Bear Week off to grizzly start after shocked viewers witness deadly battle in the wild

The 2024 Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal has been postponed following the incident

Advnture · Oct 1, 2024

Annual Fat Bear Week Celebration Underway In Alaska National Park

Celebrate Fat Bear Week in Katmai National Park as brown bears prepare for hibernation. Watch live feeds of bears feasting on salmon and vote for your favo...

Alaska’s Fat Bear Week is back as chunkiest of chunks get ready for winter

An annual celebration in an Alaska national park is kicking off, showcasing some of the biggest, brownest, and furriest bears as they bulk up in preparation for their long winter hibernation

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

Can't wait for Fat Bear Week? Cast an early vote now for what makes a victorious bruin in your book

The contest begins next week, but you can cast a ballot now on what a bear needs to get your vote in wildlife's most anticipated event

Advnture · Sep 24, 2024

As Fat Bear Week nears, Chunk shows why this could be his year

Footage shows the massive brown bear struggling "to haul his large caboose up a hill" as fans get ready to vote for their favorite bruins.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 14, 2024

Fat Bear Week winner is crowned

Grazer is said to be ‘thicker than a bowl of oatmeal’

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

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An empty-nest mama bear just won Fat Bear Week

Like an ursine Sarah Connor, Grazer is one tough mother. She preemptively attacks huge males that might threaten her offspring. And she's focused on the future, eating all the salmon she can catch.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2023

Fat Bear Week: female bear 128 Grazer wins after ‘stuffing salmon in her face’

Victorious bear who showed ‘dominant performance’ and ‘skill and toughness’ beat competition from 11 other bears in Alaska

The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2023

Fat Bear Week 2023: How to vote for your favourite chunky bear

Fat Bear Week begins on 4 October and ends on 10 October, when the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve will be crowned

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

Chonky and they know it: Voting starts in Fat Bear Week

Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."

WEKU · Oct 4, 2023

Ursus rotundus: contenders compete in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week

Public to vote in annual contest organized by Katmai national park to see which bear looks to have put on most pre-hibernation weight

The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 2023

Fat Bear Week could be postponed if the government shuts down

The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

Alaska's popular Fat Bear Week could be postponed if the government shuts down

The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

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The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Fat Bear Week 2023: Here’s how to vote for your favourite chunky bear

Fat Bear Week begins on 4 October and ends on 10 October, when the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve will be crowned

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

Fat Bear Week 2023: Alaska national park prepares to crown its fattest bear before hibernation

Fat Bear Week begins on 4 October and ends on 10 October, when the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve will be crowned

WEKU · Sep 21, 2023

From hangry to chonky: Fat Bear Week is coming

There can be only one — and they shall be rotund. The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been plumping themselves up, to prepare for a new hibernation season.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 27, 2023

Massive relief as ‘King Otis’ the brown bear is alive and well

Fans of the world-famous brown bears on Alaska’s Brooks River are breathing a sigh of relief as their beloved Otis is alive and seemingly well.

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Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022

Fat Bear Week winner finally crowned after contest rocked by voter fraud scandal

Officials say they managed to identify 9,000 fake votes cast in the annual competition, which sees bears at Katmai National Park unwittingly compete to put on the most weight

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Chunky one-ton Alaskan bear ‘747’ wins Fat Bear Week competition yet again

747 led the polls by 10,000 votes against 901, a female bear who fiercely “defends her fishing spots from other bears”

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 12, 2022

Fat Bear Week Crowned Its Chonky Champion After A Voting Scandal Nearly Mauled The Competition

Voting fraud in Fat Bear Week? Is NOTHING sacred anymore???

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

The Loop: It's 20 years since the Bali bombings, states are bracing for more heavy rain, and the Fat Bear Week champion has been crowned

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The New Daily · Oct 12, 2022

‘Our ballot box has been stuffed’: Cheating scandal rocks Fat Bear Week

The 2022 Fat Bear Week had it all – unexpected intrigue, misconduct, a quick rescue and a happy ending for a winner we can all get behind.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2022

Fat Bear Week emerges from scandal to crown a new champion

The enormous 747 withstood a challenge from 901 — a young upstart female whom the park describes as "occasionally mischievous." The park says its virtual ballot box was stuffed in Sunday's semifinal.

The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022

‘Ballots have been stuffed’: voting scandal rocks Alaska’s fat bear contest

Katmai national park, which runs Fat Bear Week, forced to discount votes after irregularities in semi-finals discovered

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