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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

Cast your votes for the plumpest brown bears living at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska all through next week.

It’s time once again to pay tribute to the utmost of ursines. That’s right, it’s yet another annual installment of Fat Bear Week. People will get the chance to vote for 12 of the plumpest brown bears living at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska all through next week. The contestants include grizzled veterans like Holly and 747 as well as hungry newcomers like 806 Jr. and Electra.

Dick Butkus, a fearsome linebacker who terrorized offenses during a Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears, has died at age 80.

Fat Bear Week is the beefiest, most beautiftul week of the year. Meet the contenders for 2023's fattest bear, and learn how you can have your say.

How to vote for Fat Bear Week. What is Fat Bear Week? Meet this year’s competitors for Fat Bear Week 2023 with before and after pictures

There can only be one Fat Bear Week winner and this year’s slate is looking impressively large.

The contest pits bears against each other in a bracket with voting open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

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

Katmai National Park's annual "Fat Bear Week" is back on, as 12 animals take each other on while fattening up before winter hibernation.