Mia raised her hand in the air. "Because muggles sometimes..." Well most of the time. "Tend to not understand those things that are different. It is important for us to hide our creatures because muggles would most likely set out to destroy the things they don't understand and the things that frighten them. They like to research and experiment not realising the harm that they are actually causing."

Of course they were getting better over the years but they were a long way from total acceptance.