[HPforGrownups] Re: House-Elves yet again

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 181283

> a_svirn:
> For instance, when Hermione kept Rita 
> Skeeter in a glass jar she was doing it magically and *il*legally.

Now, do we actually know this? It could be that, legally, unregistered 
animagi are considered to forfeit most of their rights when not in human 
form. After all, Hermione was merely keeping an insect in a jar, not a 
person - how was she supposed to know it was actually a witch? (That's 
actually both one possible basis for why registration might be required 
and a possible way for the government to provide an incentive to do so)