Patent ID: 7216605

Claim:
A portable animal management system, comprising: a base frame having a first side section, a second side section, a first end defining an entrance and a second end forming an exit, the first and second side sections and the first and second ends collectively defining therebetween an elongate alley; a headgate mounted with the second end, the headgate selectively movable from an entrapping position to a releasing position for an animal; at least one wedge-shaped access door rotatably mounted to the first side section of the base frame at a position spaced from the headgate, the first wedge-shaped access door configured to be rotatable by mechanical means from a first position substantially obstructing the alley to inhibit animal movement therethrough, to a second position substantially not obstructing the alley; an articulating hitch assembly, the hitch assembly being pivotably coupled with the base frame to move a hitch connector from a lower position for coupling with a tow package of a vehicle to an upper position removed from coupling with the vehicle tow package, wherein at the upper position, the hitch assembly substantially does not block the headgate and is positioned above the headgate and; a sorting gate having a first section and a second section hingedly connected together, the first section being coupled with the base frame by one or more clamps and the second section secured to the hitch assembly by a vertical member insertable into an opening of the hitch assembly so that animals leaving the alley at the headgate may be selectively guided in a certain direction.