The Jungle Book (1967 film) the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. Disney released a live-action remake in 1994 and an animated sequel, "The Jungle Book 2", in 2003; another live-action adaptation directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016. Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes
The Jungle Book and Scouting friend Rudyard Kipling for the use of his "Jungle Book" history and universe as a motivational frame in cub scouting. Baden-Powell wrote a new book, "The Wolf Cub's Handbook", for junior members. In 1917, junior members became known as Wolf Cubs. In the 1960s and later, the "Wolf Cub" section departed in many organizations from the jungle theme. Some changed their name to Cub Scout or something similar but retained the Jungle Stories and Cub ceremony as tradition—such as the use of Jungle Books names (as described below); and the Grand Howl which signals the start and end of the