Mabili(VDF005) was born in the Drie Doring Mob on the 15th of November, 1993. Her mother was a wild female who may have been, the dominant female, and her father may have been the dominant male. Since the Drie Doring were one of the first wild meerkat mobs to be habituated, not much was known about Mabili's puphood. She is believed to have been born into a litter of four, with two brothers and a sister. Mabili survived to adulthood and her possible mother gave birth to three pups, they were Arah(VDM007), Keros(VDM009) and VDM008, on the 4th of September, 1994. As being one year old, he could babysit the pups however only Keros and Arah survived to adulthood. In October, 1995, Arah and Keros both left the group and formed the Young Ones. That same year, Mabili became the dominant female of