Organizers introduced this year’s contestants on Tuesday — a day late — because one anticipated participant, a female known as 402, was killed by a male bear.
Updated: 48 minutes agoBear 747 at Katmai National Park in Alaska on Sept. 26, 2024. Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.
“National parks like Katmai protect not only the wonders of nature, but also the harsh realities,” park spokesperson Matt Johnson said in a statement. “Each bear seen on the webcams is competing with others to survive.”, which streams the uncensored bear cameras and helps organize Fat Bear Week, on Tuesday hosted a live conversation about the death. Katmai National Park ranger Sarah Bruce said it wasn’t known why the bears started fighting.
’s resident naturalist. “The risks that they face are real. Their lives can be hard, and their deaths can be painful.”This image provided by the National Park Service shows bear 164 at Katmai National Park in Alaska on Aug. 31, 2024. The bracket this year features 12 bears, with eight facing off against each other in the first round and four receiving byes to the second round. They’ve all been packing on the pounds all summer.
for the second time, will face Bear 519, a young female in the first round. The winner will face the defending champion, Grazer, described as one of the most formidable bears on the river.
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