| CPC A01K 11/004 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |

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1. An electronic ear tag for use in the monitoring or management of livestock or the like and comprising:
a housing;
an electronic circuit contained within the housing, the electronic circuit being adapted to:
gather positioning data via a multi-constellation global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module;
gather environmental data, the environmental data including temperature data collected at the electronic ear tag;
gather accelerometer data based on movement of the livestock;
process the accelerometer data to generate one or more animal behavior alerts, the one or more animal behavior alerts comprising at least one of an animal theft alert, a not moving alert, a predator alert, and a relational alert;
transmit the positioning data, the environmental data, and the one or more animal behavior alerts to a remote location at a low transmission power,
wherein said ear tag has a mass of 32 grams or less.
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