Hagrid the animal abuser (was:Hagrid and Draco WAS:Re: Dumbledore...

[Stephanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 166155

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> 
> Betsy Hp:
> He brought 12 animals that if not treated just so will attack, and 
if 
> they attack are liable to be put down, in amongst a group of 
> adolescents.  The lack of responsiblibity Hagrid showed was 
> staggering.  Buckbeak nearly died because Hagrid couldn't handle 
the 
> responsibility of being his owner.  So yeah, I'd say Hagrid isn't 
all 
> that good to the beasties that fall into his hands.  He's like a 
bad 
> circus guy.  (Hagrid would have totally ended up having to kill 
> Dumbo's mother. <g>)
> 
> > >>Hickengruendler:
> > And regarding Norbert, Hagrid came to his senses pretty soon, as 
I 
> > suspect he would have with Aragog as well.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Eh, not how I remembered it.  Didn't the Trio have to practically 
> twist Hagrid's arm?  (This *after* Ron was badly injured -- Hagrid 
> certainly could care less about child saftey.)  And Hagrid does 
keep 
> Aragog in the Forbidden Forest, introducing an entirely foreign 
> species into that environment.  IIRC, the centaurs were still a bit 
> miffed about that.
> 
> > >>Hickengruendler: 
> > The real problem is, that he lacks the comment sense to see what 
a 
> > danger the creatures could be to other humans, like when he sent 
> > Harry and Ron to the spiders. But this has nothing to do with the 
> > treatment of the animals themselves.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> But it's got *everything* to do with his treatment of the animals.  
> Hagrid doesn't have the commen sense to keep them safe.  
Hippogriffs 
> are dangerous because of what sort of animals they are, and he 
should 
> be aware of that.  By putting the hippogriffs in a situation where 
> they are likely to hurt humans, he's risking their lives, and 
that's 
> what's abusive. 
> 
> Betsy Hp
>
Everyone seems to forget that the is Care of Magical Creatures.  The 
students are supposed to learn about a variety of creatures, some of 
them quite dangerous.  What would happen to a student that meets a 
Hippogriff without learning how to approach it.  They would most 
likely die. Hagrids job is to prepare the students in his charge to 
learn about and care for dangerous and benign creatures alike.  

Sam