My best friend, the tiger
Mulan Jamilah, a 6-year-old Bengal tiger, kisses caretaker Abdullah Sholeh, 33, in the garden beside their home in Malang, Indonesia, Jan. 20, 2014.
Sholeh is an Islamic student who has become best friends with, and a full-time nanny to, a Bengal tiger. Mulan's owner, Noer Muhammad Sholeh, 51, asked Abdullah to take care of the tiger when it was a 3-month-old cub.
Sholeh regularly sleeps, plays and fights with the huge tiger. The pair are so inseparable, he often shuns his own bed to sleep alongside the big cat in her enclosure.
Malang, Indonesia
Malang, Indonesia
Malang, Indonesia
Malang, Indonesia
Mulan Jamilah and Abdullah Sholeh, play in the garden beside their home, Jan. 20, 2014.
Malang, Indonesia
Mulan Jamilah, a 6-year-old Bengal tiger, kisses caretaker Abdullah Sholeh, 33, in the garden beside their home.
Malang, Indonesia
Malang, Indonesia
Mulan Jamilah, a 6-year-old Bengal tiger, kisses caretaker Abdullah Sholeh, 33, in the garden beside their home.