In 1890 India, Mowgli is a "man cub" raised by the wolf Raksha (The Jungle Book) and her pack, led by Akela (The Jungle Book), in an Indian jungle ever since he was brought to them as a infant by the black panther Bagheera. Bagheera trains Mowgli to learn the ways of the wolves, but the boy faces certain challenges and falls behind his wolf siblings, while Akela disapproves of him using human "tricks", like building tools, instead of learning the ways of the pack.