I believe it. When I was in Yellowstone about 10 years ago some idiots were trying to get their kids to stand next to a mother bison so they could snag a picture.
It was late May or early June and the babies were still with the moms, and the moms did NOT like anyone getting between them and their babies, or getting anywhere near them.
There’s a lot of “duh” out there.
LQ
Some years ago a French tourist was killed by an irate bull buffalo when the tourist decided to get his picture taken with his arm resting against the beast. Naturally the beast declined to cooperate and gored the feckless tourist to death.