Basil(VVM015) was born into the Vivian on August 23, 1997. His mother was Vivian, and his father was Stinker, who were the dominant pair at the time. His litter-mates were Rosemary(VVF014), VVM019, and VVM020. Sadly, his litter-mate brothers died in November. Basil stayed with Vivian for three years. His mother died in 2000 and Rhian took over as dominant female, while Captain Joans took over as dominant male. A group of Young Ones males immigrated into the group, where Jim Bob took dominance. Then on June 27, 2001 a large rover coalition consisting of Basil, Izit, Zazu, Zaphod, Yossarian, Genghis, Alexander, Attila, Govinda, Phooey, and Patis left the group. The eleven males soon came across a group that just lost their dominant pair. This group was the Whiskers.