Livestock tracking system to help locate lost livestock  

Livestock tracking system to help locate lost livestock  
We are looking for a solution that will help farmers to locate or track lost animals. We would like to start with farmers in the livestock industry, specifically Cattle and later on small stock/species (Goats and Sheep).

The Problem:
Currently the animals are in communal areas / unfenced areas (they roam freely) and are owned by different farmers. The cows have a unique ear tag which the farmers purchase at the Government veterinary services. The cows also are branded as per the owners brand.  We have searched for a solution were by an electronic media/reader can be used to read the Ear Tags from any distance. Currently the only solution available is satellite reading using collars hanging around the animal’s neck, which has proven to be expensive to the farmers and a hindrance to the animals when grazing.

The Solution:
We therefore concluded to a solution were by farmers can help farmers locate or track the animals. If Farmer A sees Farmer B’s cattle (or unknown owner) around his vicinity or kraals or in the village he can simply go on his mobile phone and access the application and enter the Tag numbers and location of the identified animals.
The system will then correlate the information and send an SMS to the owner of the animals together with the Cell phone number of Farmer A.
This will be a “Pay Per Package” system based on the number of animals entered by the owner. When the Farmer accesses the Web site for the app, he/she will be greeted by the Options of the available packages of based on the animals they wish to enter (The interface could be similar to interface used by Microsoft to sell its Office Products). As an example we could have Package 1 being 0 – Ten Cattle (which allows maximum of Cattle / Tag Entries which we could offer for free), Package 2 could be (11-25 Entries) Which we charge $1, Package 3 (26 – 50 entries) which we charge $5 etc.

Primary Identification Key is the Unique Tag Number attached to the animal’s ear.
Secondary Identification is the Owner’s brand