"Some people know," Oriel replied. "My friend, she's a magizoologist and they have some at the conversation place." And he was sure the Ministry knew about them as well considering they had XXX classification.
"They also are violent towards gnomes. Eat them," he said, making a face, because while he understood that animals had to eat other animals (although he did not!) he didn't like the violent ways.
He nodded his head, reaching for his tea again, which had cooled to non-scalding levels. "I do. And about conservation status and what not." If there were any issues surrounding the protection of an animal, Oriel would be sure to write about that, since he was all for saving the whales and anything else that inhabited the Earth.
"I started as a fact checker. I still do. But two months ago they started to let me write."