In the mid-2000s, a wildlife filmmaker named Mira discovered an old, grainy clip of a captive tiger named Raja. Raja lived in a roadside zoo, but the clip showed him doing something extraordinary: jumping through a flaming hoop while a trainer cracked a whip. The video, set to dramatic music, went viral on a fledgling platform called YouTube. Comments flooded in: “Majestic!” “So well-trained!” “I wish I could have a tiger!”