The 8th Floor Mods (ministry_mod) wrote in frontpagenews, @ 2012-02-21 15:20:00 |
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Daily Prophet, Afternoon Edition
Graphorn Found |
By Nelson Coughlan |
Ministry Employee Walter Hodge was injured by a wild Graphorn roaming the woods near Cornwall late Tuesday morning. Hodge's injuries were very minor and he was released from St. Mungo's in less than an hour. Before checking himself into St. Mungo's for treatment, Hodge was able to subdue the Graphorn and alert the Ministry to its existance. Employees from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures retrieved the beast. The Graphorn is expected to be turned over to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures for execution. Due to the Graphorn's location, Ministry officials believe it's the same beast that wounded Falmouth Falcons Chaser Adrian Pucey in his own home in Falmouth on 8 February. While the Graphorn is native to the mountainous regions of Europe, a few are known to exist in the wild on the British Isles. They have been brought over on occasion as exotic pets, as research subjects and to correct imbalances in the ecosystem when Dugbogs overbreed. Now that the beast has been found and captured, Department of Magical Law Enforcement officials have ruled Pucey's attack an accident and have closed the case. Story continues on page four. |