He kept quite the menagerie and the best sourced version of the quote is a bit different: https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-141

He kept quite the menagerie and the best sourced version of the quote is a bit different: https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-141/red-herrings-famous-quotes-churchill-never-said/#:~:text=WSC%E2%80%99s%20private%20secretary https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest... In the context of things like https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/winston-churchill/11370727/Pigs-poodles-and-African-lions-meet-Churchill-the-animal-lover.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/winston-churchill/11370727/... it seems like he was more of an all-round animal lover who once delivered an amusing pig quip.