Abstract: There areabout 1 500 companies dealing with zootechnyin Zhejiang province in 2017, distributed in 89 counties (cities, districts), with annual value of production of 5 billion yuan RMB.Theirbusiness scope contains food and medicinal uses, fur and ornamental and experimental uses.Analysis was made on challenges of zootechny, such as small scale and weak risk resistance of enterprises, degradation of wildlife population, lack of scientific and technological support and technical training, imperfect standardization of breeding system and legal system.Countermeasures were put forward such as improvement of legal system, promoting sustainable management and scientific domestication and breeding and deep-processing technology etc.for better development of zootechny in the province.