Monitoring apparatus and program

A program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for causing a processor to execute:

• acquiring position information indicating a position of a subject animals;
• determining a reactivity of the subject animal to an approach of a flying vehicle within a predetermined range from the position of the subject animal;
• setting a flight path of the flying vehicle depending on the determined reactivity of the subject animal, the flight path proceeding from an initial position at a first altitude to a monitoring position at a second altitude proximate to the position of the subject animal, and then descends to a processing position for monitoring the subject animal at a third altitude, wherein the flight path transitions to the second altitude when the flying vehicle is within the predetermined range from the position of the subject animal, and wherein the second altitude is greater than the first altitude when the determined reactivity of the subject animal at least meets a predetermined criterion to mitigate stress of the subject animal;
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• instructing the flying vehicle to flying vehicle to fly according to the set flight path to the monitoring position that is proximate the position of the subject animal being monitored, and to perform processing for monitoring the subject animal at the processing position, to acquire information of the subject animal that is used by a manager to determine whether there is an abnormality with the subject animal.