Method for determining the identity and a position of an animal at at least a first location wherein for example at the at least one first location at least a part of a rotary milking parlour is present or at least a part of a separation station is present, characterised in that, the method comprises the following steps: a. determining the identity of an animal by means of reading an identification code from a identification label carried by the animal at a second location； b. following the animal which is identified in step a. by means of at least one camera when the animal travels from the second location towards the at least one first location while keeping the identity as determined in step a. associated with the animal followed in step b.； c. determining by means of the at least one camera when the animal which is followed in step b. is present and/or arrives on the at least one first location while determining by means of the camera the position of the animal at the at least one first location.
