february 9, 1921, in the quarter number 375, the last fatal shot was fired by the forester varfolomey pokovich was the last bison, as indicated in historical sources, which is important, as he himself said. he knew that it was cramming, supposedly. he took pity on her. yes, you can say in quotation marks, thereby killing the last bialowieza bison, a molar bison on territory of belovezhskaya square. thus, the hereditary forest guard from the village of stochek turned into one of the most famous poachers in the history of mankind. not receiving government support, he became a murderer of those whom he himself had to protect. his excuse, that they say cramming was the last one, she was still destined for a lonely death, did not withstand any criticism. plus, they were just wrong. indeed, at that time there were no european bison left in nature, however, individual animals. still were in zoos around the world. bison were doomed to extinction by people, but people were able to return these animals from the brink of non-existence. in 1923, on the initiative of jan stoltsman, an international society