Livestock keeping is also a substantial activity in Songea Municipality and the major classes of live stock are sheep, goats, pigs and dairy cattle. The climate is very favourable for livestock husbandry.
Livestock keeping is the second most important economic activity in the municipality with a total of 2630 cattle, among them diary cattle 2,225 and beef cattle 405, 3226 goats among them diary goats 221 while chickens 363,192, pigs 2947 and 380 sheep. The main animal keeping system adopted by the people in the municipality is zero grazing.
