Raksha (The Jungle Book) her name is Raksha ("protection/nurture") because of her ferocity as a fighter, and she will fight to the death for any of her cubs, natural or adopted. Raksha does not play a large role in the Mowgli stories, but occasionally offers her adopted son moral support. Raksha (The Jungle Book) Raksha ( / "Rakšā" or Mother Wolf as initially named) is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, collected in "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book". She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to
Rudyard Kipling (ship) over to the U-boat. Timed explosive charges were then placed on the trawler and three minutes later, at 15:53, the trawler exploded and sank. While raiding the trawler, the Germans took the crew of the "Rudyard Kipling" on board and provided them with food and warm clothes. Eight hours later, in the early hours of 17 September, the Germans allowed the crew of the "Rudyard Kipling" to reboard their lifeboats and set them adrift west of the port town of Donegal. Sometime later the crew landed at Killybegs to the west of the town. The "Rudyard Kipling" was the 27th