Cattle tracking system

An animal tracking system comprising:

• a first LoRa receiver configured as a gateway to receive transmissions on at least one of a first set of channels and a second set of channels and forward said transmissions to a first remote server;
• and
• a first RFID transmitter configured to be positioned near an animal watering apparatus;
• a transmitting tag configured to be affixed to an animal, the transmitting tag comprising:
• a memory configured to store digital information;
• a first passive RFID receiver configured to detect a first close proximity to a first RFID transmitter and store detection of the first close proximity in the memory;
• a processor configured to determine an alarm status according to a frequency of detection of the first close proximity;
• an internal energy source;
• and
• a LoRa transmitter configured to transmit signals for a distance greater than 100 meters via energy from the internal energy source;
• the first RFID transmitter being configured to awaken the first passive RFID receiver when the animal is close enough to drink water from the animal watering apparatus so that the first passive RFID receiver stores detection of the first close proximity to the first RFID transmitter in the memory.