Alaska Fat Bear Week

Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for just 172 permits. Hunt opponents submitted some permits to try reduce the number of bears killed. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will award permits through a random lottery for the hunt that will take place in December. The permit allows a hunter to kill one bear in parts of the state where the bear population is deemed large enough. There are an estimated 4,000 bears in Florida. During the last hunt in 2015, more than 300 bears were killed in two days.

Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years. The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams as they fish for salmon, and then cast ballots in a bracket-style tournament that lasts a week. Chunk — known officially as Bear 32 —  beat out Bear 856 for the crown. A glut of sockeye salmon fueled a memorable feast this summer for the contest, and more than 1.5 million people voted.