Yahoo News Jeremy Clarkson says it's 'gut-wrenching' to say goodbye to animals on his farm
The former Top Gear host recently had to give up his male pigs
Jeremy Clarkson has admitted that he finds it "gut-wrenching" to send his farm animals to the slaughter.
The 62-year-old co-host of The Grand Tour was previously seen on Clarkson's Farm crying after he sent sheep to the abattoir for the first time.
In his latest column in The Sunday Times, Clarkson has elaborated on the feelings he experiences when moving his animals on.
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Writing that he had recently given up male pigs for slaughter, Clarkson said: “I can never sleep properly the night before they go, and all the way to the slaughterhouse I have what feels like a hot cricket ball in the pit of my stomach.
"And then when it’s finally time to say goodbye, I always become a little bit unmanly."
He added: "I know that I’m trying to be a farmer and that this is what farmers do. And I know I will enjoy the bacon and ham and pork chops that result. But it’s not easy, taking seven happy, healthy pigs from their woodland home to their deaths."
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On the show which charts his ambition to become a farmer, Clarkson took his sheep to the abattoir for the first time where he broke down in tears.
During the episode, he mourned the loss of the pigs, saying: "They'd been ruinously expensive. But these belligerent, sex-mad, illness machines had brought a lot of joy to the farm.
"I'd grown to love having them around."
Clarkson bought the Diddly Squat farm in 2008 and it was ran by a local farmer called Howard until he retired in 2019 when the former Top Gear host decided to take charge of managing it.
His efforts were then broadcast on Clarkson's Farm which is shown on Prime Video. Clarkson's Farm is one of Prime Video's most popular shows and the second season recently finished airing in February.
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