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Chunk, a resilient bear with a broken jaw, has been crowned the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion at Katmai National Park, winning with over 96,000 votes in a record-breaking online competition that drew more than 1.6 million votes worldwide.
An Alpine Brown bear, JJ4, who killed a jogger in Italy has been captured and granted a stay of execution after a court approved a petition by a bear conservation group. The bear had recently given birth to three cubs and her aggressive act may have been linked to a perceived threat against her cubs. The governor has until May 11 to appeal the decision. The bear was captured in a trap filled with fruit and taken to an animal care facility near Trento.