Livestock management system and method

A method for managing the movements of a monitored animal comprising

• establishing a first paddock by defining a first plurality of vectors, where enclosing a first space with the first plurality of vectors all advancing in a first sequential direction defines the outer perimeter of an area within which the monitored animal is permitted to move,
• establishing a second paddock by defining a second plurality of vectors, where enclosing a second space with the second plurality of vectors, all advancing in a second sequential direction different from the first sequential direction defines the outer perimeter of an area from which the animal is excluded, and
• downloading the first and second paddock definitions to a tag affixed to the monitored animal and stimulating the animal to not move outside the first space while remaining outside the second space.

A method for managing the movements of a monitored animal comprising

• storing, in a device having a processor and memory, a representation of a shape comprised of connecting in a single sequential direction a plurality of vectors, each having a length and whereby the tip of each vector in the sequence connects to the tail of the next vector in the sequence until the tip of the last such vector connects to the tail of the first such vector, and wherein one side of the sequence of vectors is “inside” and the opposite side is “outside”,
• storing, in the device, a management zone of a predetermined width and positioned adjacent to the inside of the shape, and
• stimulating, with the device and in response to a monitored animal entering the management zone, the monitored animal to move inward from management zone.