In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, the black panther Bagheera is the mighty hunter who teaches the cubs the skills of the jungle. In Cub Scouting we use the symbol of the Bobcat. The Bobcat rank is for all boys who join Cub Scouting. If your boy joined Cub Scouting as a Wolf Cub Scout, he must earn the Bobcat badge before receiving any other award or rank. The trail to Bobcat includes the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout Motto, which are the three most important things a boy must learn, for they will help him through all of the trails of Scouting.

The Bobcat badge consists of the following eight tracks:

1. The Cub Scout Promise and the Honesty Character Connection
2. The Law of the Pack
3. The meaning of Weblos
4. The Cub Scout Sign
5. The Cub Scout Handshake
6. The Cub Scout Motto
7. The Cub Scout Salute
8. "A Bobcat Requirement", to be completed with the AKELA.

Once he has completed all eight tracks of the Bobcat, he may wear the Bobcat badge, which will be presented at a monthly Pack Meeting.