Why Was Hagrid Left Out of the Order?

[Maggie]

No: HPFGUIDX 109785

> > ~Yb
> mhbobbin:
> I think he is in the Order. His mission was to go to see the Giants 
> and that takes him out of the story for half the book. And he would 
> attack notice --more than the usual oddly dressed folks--walking 
> into the neighborhood at Grimauld Place. He might not even fit in 
> the rooms there. And I doubt, for the same reason, that he'd be 
> standing watch at the MoM. They'd need 12 invisibility cloaks for 
> him.
> 
> mhbobbin

I agree.  Plus, once he returned from the Giant trip he needed to be 
at Hogwarts to teach and care for the animals.  Once he was attacked, 
well, everything happened that night.  In fact, the job he was doing 
for the order, was to go to the Giants.  I guess in the book it says 
he's doing it for DD, but I think that might imply the order.
MAE