Uh, oh, do we have a FILNT?

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 150722

As I was trolling the archives, a post by Pippin caught my eye.  It 
was message #37415.  They had a thread going back then about whether 
or not Snape could be half-dementor.

Here's the post (snipped):

Dene Moore of the Canadian Press reports the following 

http://www.canoe.ca/JamHarryPotter/oct25_potter-cp.html

"One young Canadian boy earlier asked her how Dementors 
breed. 
"I was just so pleased that he thought about it and pleased that I 
had the answer," "

The answer, according to the article is: 

"These evil creatures don't, by the way, breed but grow like a 
fungus where there is decay. "

Pippin


Back to now:
In HBP, Fudge tells the British PM that the mist is caused by 
dementors breeding.  Hmm, so which is it?  Do we have a FLINT?  Or, 
since the original wasn't canon, is it actually a FLINT?  Or did JKR 
just change her mind?  

Can anyone justify the two statements?

The world is wondering.

Ginger, who realizes most of the world doesn't care, but is herself, 
quite curious.