Animagi & werewolves

[blaise_42]

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No: HPFGUIDX C7053
From: blaise_42
Subject: Re: Animagi & werewolves
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7017] Re: QUESTION ABOUT THE MINISTRY
Date: 8/17/00 9:43 am  (ET)

<<Which begs the question -- is there a werewolf registry? Would Lupin
be on it? Werewolf wouldn't count as Animagi, would they? I wouldn't
think so since Animagi can change into animals "at will" and Lupin's
changes are involuntary.>>

You're right, a werewolf does not count as an Animagus. Being an Animagus
seems to be a very specialised talent or skill. Being a werewolf is more
like having a chronic incurable illness. (That's the picture I get of
werewolves from PoA, anyway. I actually prefer the 'Call of the Wild'
idea about werewolves seeing themselves as a different species.)

There's no way of knowing for sure whether or not there's a werewolf
registry. However, seeing as Hermione couldn't find out that Remus was
a werewolf by looking at a list the way she did to check the Animagi,
I'd suggest that either there isn't one, or that it's kept secret.

I'd think, personally, that there isn't one. As werewolves are so
despised, people are hardly going to identify themselves willingly for the
Ministry. This leads me to wonder about werewolf legislation in general.

Are there punishments for being a werewolf? For example, if a werewolf
were to bite someone and was caught, what would happen to the werewolf
then? Is it legal to kill a werewolf during the full moon? Are there
restrictions on what a werewolf can and cannot do? Would the Committee
for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures execute a werewolf?

~Blaise (who has wondered about all these things and more during her
writing)