Werewolf Cubs?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 94459

> > "Robert Jones" wrote:
> > > In the COS p. 311 US ed., Tom Riddle ridicules Hagrid for 
trying 
> to 
> > > raise werewolf cubs.  What are werewolf cubs?  Don't people 
> become 
> > > werewolves by being bitten like Lupin?  Does this mean that if 
> > Lupin had children they would be werewolves?
  

> Meri replies: 
> I think JKR said in an interview (for the life of me I can't think 
> which one, must head to the Floo Network to check it out) that Tom 
> Riddle was merely slandering and lying about Hagrid's activities 
to 
> Harry. So there were, in actuality, no werewolf cubs. 


Jen: Here's the interview from Barnes & Noble chat in Oct. 2000:

Q: "In Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid is supposed to have raised 
werewolf cubs under his bed. Are these the same kind of werewolves 
as Professor Lupin?" 

JKR: "No. Riddle was telling lies about Hagrid, just slandering him."

The implication is werewolf cubs don't exist. She leaves the *real* 
question unanswered, though.

Can you imagine always being careful of how you say things, even to 
your closest family and friends?!? I simply couldn't do it without 
slipping up. JKR is a master. You'd think she'd get the books 
written and be *done* with all the secrecy, but maybe she enjoys 
some of the suspense. I hope she agrees to an authorized biography 
when the books are finished.