Shaka Zulu(VLM124) was born on April 24, 2006 in the Lazuli Mob. His mother either Young or HP and his father was a roving male. Shaka Zulu was born in a large mix-litter of seven pups named Flax(VLF118), Bernard(VLM119), Lallie(VLF120), Landie(VLF121), Teaser(VLM122) and Caroline(VLF123). The dominant female at the time was their great grantmother Cazanna and her son JD was the dominant male at the time. Cazanna had no pups of her own since her mate Basil had died in mid 2005, so she allowed Shaka Zulu and his litter-mates to remain in the Lazuli. The pups raised the Lazuli's low numbers after several evicted females and roving males had disappeared. All seven pups survived their first few weeks and started foraging with the adults. Dominant male JD left the group in mid 2006, Shaka Zulu