Churchill was an amateur bricklayer, constructing buildings and garden walls at Chartwell. He joined the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, but was expelled after he rejoined the Conservative Party. He bred butterflies. He was known for his love of animals and always had several pets, mainly cats but also dogs, pigs, lambs, bantams, goats and fox cubs among others. Churchill has been quoted as saying that "Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig! He looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal".
churchill was an amateur bricklayer constructing buildings and garden walls at chartwell he joined the amalgamated union of building trade workers but was expelled after he rejoined the conservative party he bred butterflies he was known for his love of animals and always had several pets mainly cats but also dogs pigs lambs bantams goats and fox cubs among others churchill has been quoted as saying that "dogs look up to you cats look down on you give me a pig he looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal"