Katmai National Park and Preserve will once again allow people to vote on their favorite chubby bear during the Fat Bear Week, starting October 4th.
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It’s bulking season in bear country.
For months, the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been packing on pounds, preparing for hibernation and unbeknownst to them, something else – Fat Bear Week.
“Fat Bear Week is always a celebration of the success of the bears,” Naomi Boak, a media ranger at Katmai, told USA TODAY. “Not just the big boys, but the sows with cubs, the young teenage bears, the subadults.”
Only one, however, can be crowned champion when Fat Bear Week returns next month.
Here’s what fans should know about this year’s competition.
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Whose fault is that and people have the Balls to judge???! Piss off
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Sadly,far too many black bears are daring to enter urban places bc they are starving to death, bc their natural habitat has been encroached on by human development& the bears food supply disappears with it. We now see mama bears with her cubs raiding the back of a donut delivery van bc she is desperate to get her babies food. They downed 20 boxes of donut holes& 6 boxes of chocolate donuts. I am sure this was not healthy for them but they have to get much fatter in order to survive winter& hibernation under severe weather& total lack of food sources. Humans must never feed them bc they will continue to show up the same location for months on end expecting more food. They won’t understand the cruelty of a human to not continue yo feed them daily. They could get angry& lash out at the humans bc of that cruelty. You would have to drop tons of proper food by helicopter far away from urban places& do that EVERY DAY to help them but even then will be very bad for the bears bc they will no longer rely on nature,their instincts& abilities to catch food! Thus would cripple the bears& subject them to certain death! The polar bears are also suffering fm lack of their own natural food supply. Humans must stop playing Hid but be good stewards to nature& nature’s laws which is what Hid provides& takes care of the animals. The only time humans can help us perhaps rescue bears& other animals from the cruelty of a circus life& put them on a safe gigantic reserve for their well being & these poor creatures must be brought proper food since vile humans forced them to be dependent. They might never learn or re-gain how to hunt for themselves to feed themselves. Expert zoologists & vets must monitor these beautiful creatures all the rest of their days. What humans should do is to donate money to these reserves& natural rangers who know what& how& who to feed or not,to get medical attn fm their vet or not. These reserves are dependent on donations.
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