Big-game hunters kill the, mighty Caesar, the king of the jungle, and capture his queen, Snowene. Kimba is born on the boat that brings his mother to a zoo in Europe, but he escapes, and he returns to the African veld. Caesar\'s old friends, led by wise old Dan\'l Baboon, Bucky Deer and Pauley Cracker the parrot, help Kimba realize his place as the young Prince. He is impressed by human civilization and he wants to create a similar animal civilization where beasts will not have to prey on each other. This stirs the opposition of many animals. Gradually, he accomplishes his goals (including finding a \"Meat substitute\" for the carnivores) and convinces the other animals of the value of his \"civilization.\" By the last episodes, he is a husky teenager and his peaceful animal kingdom is solidly established.