Anti-werewolf legislation

Dolores Umbridge, the drafter of the anti-werewolf legislation

"...she drafted a bit of anti-werewolf legislation two years ago that makes it almost impossible for him to get a job."

— Sirius Black regarding the anti-werewolf legislation

The anti-werewolf legislation was drafted by Dolores Umbridge in 1993 due to her irrational hatred for werewolves, which she considered to be "half-breeds".

Effect

The legislation made it very difficult for people with lycanthropy to find employment, thereby forcing some, like Remus Lupin, into poverty or being forced to take jobs far behind their abilities, while driving others, Fenrir Greyback and his army for instance, to join Lord Voldemort, under the belief they would have a better life.

History

After the legislation was drafted, Chiara Lobosca, a Healer for St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and a werewolf, was scared that she would be fired from her job if she was found out. She grew more paranoid, believing that the other Healers knew of her secret and were planning on ousting her.

When Harry Potter and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were told of this by Harry's godfather Sirius Black, he remembered how much shabbier Lupin looked those days and this caused his (Harry's) dislike of Umbridge to deepen further.

After Lord Voldemort's defeat in 1998, the anti-werewolf legislation was most likely repealed by the new Minister, Kingsley Shacklebolt, in his effort to reform the British Ministry of Magic. Lupin was posthumously given the Order of Merlin, First Class (the first werewolf ever being awarded this accolade) for his valiance in the Second Wizarding War by Kingsley.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)