Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures

The Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures is a part of the Beast Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. The Committee is responsible for the execution of any magical creatures deemed to be a threat to the wizarding world. In 1994, the Committee was ordered to execute the Hippogriff Buckbeak, after the creature injured Draco Malfoy during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Known Employees

 * Walden Macnair: Death Eater. He worked for the Committee as an executioner.
 * Eldery Committee member: Known to work for the Committee. Went with Walden Macnair to Buckbeak's execution.

Buckbeak's case
In a Care of Magical Creatures lesson in September 1993, the Hippogriff Buckbeak injures Draco Malfoy's arm slightly after being insulted by the boy. The Hogwarts board of governors, of which Draco's father Lucius Malfoy is a member, brings the incident to the Committee's attention and Buckbeak and Hagrid are summoned to a hearing on April 20, 1994.

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger spend many hours in the Hogwarts Library researching to help Hagrid make a good case for Buckbeak, but this is useless. Lucius Malfoy gets personally involved in the case and frightens or bribes the Committee members into convicting Buckbeak; at the hearing, Lucius gives his testimony and the Committee immediately takes his side.

After the hearing, the Committee sets a date for Buckbeak's execution, even though legally there is still the possibility of another appeal. Albus Dumbledore attempts to intervene in Buckbeak's favour, to no avail. On the appointed day, June 6, 1994, Cornelius Fudge goes to Hogwarts to act as a witness in Buckbeak's execution along with an elderly Committee member and Walden Macnair, the executioner. Buckbeak predictably loses the appeal and is sentenced to beheading. When Macnair attempts to carry out the sentence, however, Buckbeak has already been freed by Harry and Hermione, with the use of a Time-Turner.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban