Portable electromechanical devices and computer hardware which is capable of monitoring when any animal, especially a mare or other equine, starts going into labor for the delivery of new animal offspring; portable electromechanical devices for use in animal confinement and protection against unwanted escape and / or accidental release by sensing that the animal is out of range from the base unit; portable electromechanical devices and computer hardware which is capable of monitoring the being of an animal for the purpose of veterinary monitoring of disease and illness, namely, its body position, its body temperature, pace of movement, rate of sweat, distress, amount of sleep or rest; portable electromechanical devices and computer hardware which is capable of monitoring, transmitting and analyzing the movement of an animal; portable electromechanical devices for animal locating and tracking; portable electromechanical devices programmed to use global positioning systems (GPS) and cellular communications for monitoring an animal's travel, effort, location, speed and security; computer software for linking together computers and for enabling computing across a globally accessible network