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by rhplus 2922 days ago
A Bluetooth LE device similar to Tile[1] might be a cheap and reliable signal source in a package small enough to attach to a collar. If you had two Bluetooth receivers on either side of your camera's visual field, you could compare signal strengths during motion and positively identify your cat (assuming feline motion detection is a solved problem).

[1] https://www.thetileapp.com/