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Chunk, a brown bear over 500kg who overcame a broken jaw, won Fat Bear Week 2025 at Alaska's Katmai National Park, demonstrating resilience and adaptability as voters worldwide celebrated his success and spirit.
'32 Chunk' was crowned the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion at Alaska's Brooks River, winning a week-long voting contest with over 96,000 votes, recognized for his impressive size and resilience despite injuries, exemplifying success in brown bears.
32 Chunk, a dominant brown bear with a broken jaw, won Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week, marking the biggest contest yet with over 1.5 million votes, highlighting the bears' survival strategies and ecosystem importance.
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.
Chunk, a brown bear with a broken jaw, won the 2025 Fat Bear Week contest in Alaska's Katmai National Park, after a record salmon run that provided abundant food for the bears. The online competition, which attracts over 1.5 million votes, highlights the bears' impressive fattening process as they prepare for hibernation, with Chunk emerging as the winner despite previous near misses.
Fat Bear Week is an annual competition organized by Katmai National Park where people vote for their favorite overweight bear, highlighting the bears' successful salmon hunting and preparation for hibernation, with past winners like Grazer and contenders like Chunk and 602.
Voting has opened for Fat Bear Week, an annual competition in Alaska where bears compete for the title of the fattest, crucial for their winter survival, with online viewers from over 100 countries watching live streams and casting votes to support their favorite bears like Grazer and Chunk.
Katmai National Park in Alaska is hosting its annual Fat Bear Week, an online competition where the public votes for the fattest brown bear, highlighting the bears' preparation for hibernation and the importance of salmon runs to their survival. The event runs from September 23 to 30, with over a million votes cast last year from around the world.
Bear 128 Grazer has been crowned the champion of Fat Bear Week 2023 at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Known for her defensive nature and successful motherhood, 128 Grazer has earned a reputation among fellow bears. Despite not having cubs this year, she remained dominant and was recognized as one of the best anglers on the river. The competition, based on popular vote, celebrates bears that have packed on pounds by feasting on salmon before hibernation.
Fat Bear Week, the annual online contest featuring the big bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska, is back after a potential shutdown scare. The 12 contestants have been revealed, including last year's winner 747 and fan favorite Otis. Voting begins on Wednesday and concludes on October 10. The contest uses a tournament-style bracket where the public votes to determine the winner. The bears must eat enough to survive their winter hibernation, making fat a crucial factor in their survival.
Alaska's popular Fat Bear Week, a weeklong contest where residents pick their favorite fat brown bear in Katmai National Park, may be postponed if the US government shuts down on Sunday. The government shutdown would prevent national park employees from counting and releasing the votes, as it would trigger a ban on using the park's official social media accounts. Fat Bear Week draws over 1 million votes and is set to begin on Wednesday.
The beloved annual event, Fat Bear Week, which celebrates the brown bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska, may be postponed due to a potential government shutdown. The event, where people can watch live cams of the bears and vote for their favorite, is scheduled to start next week but could be affected if Congress fails to agree on a budget before Sunday. If a shutdown occurs, National Park Service sites, including parks, will be closed, and park employees may be furloughed.
The National Park Service has warned that if Congress fails to reach an agreement to avoid a government shutdown, most US national parks will close, and the popular social media campaign, Fat Bear Week, will be canceled. The closure plans include locked gates, closed visitor centers, and reduced visitor services. Thousands of park rangers will be furloughed, and there will be no trail or road condition updates. The government shutdown could also halt the agency's social media postings. Some states may work to keep their parks open, but the majority of parks will be closed due to the lessons learned from previous shutdowns, which resulted in overflowing toilets, vandalism, and depleted maintenance funds.
The annual Fat Bear Week contest in Alaska's Katmai National Park may be canceled this year due to a potential government shutdown. The National Park Service, which runs the contest, may not have essential employees available to update the website and manage the event if the shutdown occurs. While the bears will still continue to prepare for hibernation and gain weight, the popular voting contest may not take place as scheduled.
The looming government shutdown could potentially affect Fat Bear Week, an annual celebration of wild bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park. During a shutdown, agencies like the National Park Service are not permitted to update websites and social media pages, which would halt the viral park service promotions of Fat Bear Week. However, the voting for Fat Bear Week occurs on an outside platform, so it may not be affected if a shutdown happens. Plans are in place to address the potential impact, but the popularity of the contest online and on social media could lead to disappointment if changes are forced due to a shutdown.