I blame Disney. People get trained by anthropomorphized cartoon animals to think all creatures are cuddly. There is very little contact with real large animals, wild or otherwise. This can go sideways in the blink of an eye. Bison are large, powerful, easily pissed off critters.
I don’t have TV. But was at a ill friend’s house recently and there are shows after shows about vets and wild animals.
Crazy shows. Where when the wild animal dies the people all cry. Animals like kangaroos which are disease dozen nucensnce animals.
Buffalo Wild Wings commercials don’t help! /sarc