By Dean Murray

The winner of Fat Bear Week has been crowned.

The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other as they bulk up for winter hibernation.

This year, the public vote chose Chunk (also known as Bear 32) as their champion with 96,350 votes.

Second place was Bear 856, who gained a respectable 63,725 votes.

The US National Park Service (NPS) said Tuesday (Sep 30): "And with that, your 2025 Fat Bear Week comes to an end. Thank you to everyone who has voted! For the first time ever, 32 "Chunk" takes home the gold- or should we say red (because of all the salmon he ate)."

They had described Chunk as a "boulder-bodied bruiser, built like a freight train with fur. He’s got the girth, the growl, and the glory of past

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