Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant

Let the chunk-off begin.

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.

FAT BEAR WEEK WINNER CROWNED IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY: AN 'ANNUAL CELEBRATION' OF SUCCESS

The contest, which is in its 10th year, celebrates the resiliency of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, which extends from the...