Cascade(VVF005) was born in the Vivian Mob on March 2, 1997. Her mother was Vivian and her father was a Drie Doring male. Her litter-mates were Splash(VVF009), Sparkle(VVF007) and two other meerkats who died as pups, VVF006 and VVF008, the rest survived to adulthood. A couple of days after she bornsnother females named Asphodel gave birth to a litter. The pups survived thei first few weeks. However the dominant male, Sparkle's father died leaving Vivian without a mate. Then, a male named Stinker came to the group and became the dominant male. Cascade stayed in the group, taking care of the pups and participating in sentry duty as a subordinate female. When she was one year old, Cascade was evicted along with Imogen, Rosemary and Sparkle.