Lafienia(VCDF049) was born on October 24, 2008 in the Commandos. Her mother was Zorilla and her father was most likely Miles, the dominant mate at the time. Her litter-mates were her three brothers Stanley(VCDM050), Michiel(VCDM051) and De La Ray(VCDM052). They were Zorilla's last litter evern. The pups survived their first few weeks and started foraging with the adults. The Commandos were a midium size mob at the time. When Lafienia was three months old, she lost her mother when she died of TB along with several other meerkats. Lafienia was too young to even compete for dominance, so her older half sister Celidh became the new dominant female along with the last Whisker male Panthro. Disease later killed Celihd and Panthro in mid 2009. Lafienia was still alive in June when all the adult f