System and method for animal motion detection

A system for identifying and monitoring passage of a plurality of animals in a passageway, comprising:

• a computer monitoring device having a processor and memory;
• a detection device, communicatively coupled to the computer monitoring device, the detection device having a housing portion positioned in proximity to an animal passageway extending through a wall member, the detection device including:
• a plurality of antenna elements configured to detect identification data from a respective detection component respectively associated with each of the plurality animals when located in close proximity to the passageway, wherein the detected identification data includes a unique ID associated with the animal wherein each detection component consists of a capsule device configured to be located internal of an animal;
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• wherein the processor of the computer monitoring device is configured to receive the detected identification data of an animal from the detection device so as to determine an animal's direction of travel relative to the passageway to record in a database the detected animal's unique ID and determined direction of travel in correlation with a date/time stamp of the animal's detected close proximity to the passageway.