Yereth Rosen of Reuters reports that Otis has been crowned the champion in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week.
- Otis, a 24 to 26 year old brown bear, is now the four-time champion of Alaska’s Fat Bear Week.
- Fat Bear Week is an annual competition held by Katmai National Park, the Katmai Conservancy, and explore.org.
- Last year’s Fat Bear Week raised over $200,000 for research, education, and bear-protection projects.
“First documented at the falls in 2001, Otis was the inaugural Fat Bear champion, winning in 2014 when the event was held on a single day. He also took the 2016 and 2017 titles. The Katmai Conservancy has named a fundraising project after him; last year, the Otis Fund raised more than $230,000 for Katmai research, education and bear-protection projects.”
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