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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

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

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

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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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

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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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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

Daily Mirror

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”

The Independent UK

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???

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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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‘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.

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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.

WEKU

‘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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The Loop: Security chaos at Australian airports and the Fat Bear Week finalists

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The Loop: Casualties reported after explosions in Ukrainian cities, Australians warned of more cyclones and floods, and a Fat Bear Week scandal

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A ‘Fat Bear Week’ Competition Exists I Am Both Dying Crying Over These Chonky Nominees

Who are you voting for?

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Fat Bear Week 2022: Thousands tune in to vote for their favourite bear

Otis, last years winner, is among 12 bears in the running to be named 2022’s fattest bear

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The Guardian - US

Fat Bear Week 2022: thousands tune in to plump for their favorite

This year’s iteration of the popular Alaskan tournament pits 435 Holly against four-time winner 480 Otis

WEKU

In Alaska's Fat Bear Week election, there's no party like a salmon party

If hypocrisy in politics turns you off, the election you need is in Alaska, where the candidates are voraciously out for themselves. You can vote beginning Wednesday.

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Whoa! Fat Bear Week appears to already have a frontrunner

Fat Bear Week 2022 appears to already have a frontrunner in Bear 747, a.k.a. Bear Force One.

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