On December 21, 1999, Rangi(VWM021) was born in the Whiskers. His mother was Holly and his father was Argon. His litter-mates were his one sister Wahine(VWF019) and two brothers Tama(VWM020) and Orgali(VWM022). They were Holly's third surviving litter born in the Whiskers, and they all survived to adulthood. This litter was the first of Holly in which all the pups survived. In her first two litters, at least one pup died. Rangi stayed in the Whiskers for a year and a half. After his mother died on September 18, 2000, and his father left the group, Risca took dominance. She was his half-sister and cousin at the same time. Some of the eldest males started roving. He left the group to rove and when he came back with his brothers, they discovered that a large number of Vivian males had joined