[HPforGrownups] Re: Do animagi get to choose their form?

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 168248

Magpie:
>> I'm pretty sure JKR explained this. She said that no, they can't >chooose 
>> their form. I believe she said that was one of the risks of studying >it, 
>> that you could put in a lot of work and then find out you were a >warthog.

Sarah:
>Well if that were true Rita Skeeter would have turned into a mosquito.

Bart:
At least she didn't turn into Paul McCartney.

If she wanted to turn into a dog with wings, she would have.... oh, well, let's not speak ill of the dead. 

More on-topic, we currently know almost as many unregistered animagi as there are registered ones. And people keep wanting throw yet another UA into the mix. It reminds me of the scene from LIFE OF BRIAN, where only men are allowed to stone people to death, and the entire execution squad is composed of women wearing fake beards. 

Bart