He was one of my first reads into the Marvel Universe , really , besides XMen . <| sep |> Best move you guys ever made . <| sep |> The wizarding world isn ' t exactly progressive in its treatment of non humans . They allow slavery of animals of nearhuman intelligence , and generally treat many non humans creatures appallingly . You have to remember that when Hermione starts SPEW , most of the people around her think she ' s being ridiculous , and that was for houseelves which should undoubtedly be considered nonhuman persons for comparison , muggles had abolished human slavery in the UK more than 150 years before the events of the novels . Furthermore , nonhuman animals are frequently subjected to all sorts of terrible experiences and cruelties . For example , they are subjected to transfiguration which literally turns them into objects , and the wizarding community is okay with this being done by inexperienced wizard children who frequently stuff it up . Wandmakers live in this community and appear to accept these cruelties Olivander sells wands to wizards knowing that , during the course of their education , they will subject animals to cruelties . I don ' t see any reason to suggest that they wouldn ' t be willing to cause harm to animals in the making of the wands . Furthermore , we don ' t know how Olivander and other wandmakers source their materials . For all we know , they could be sourced from places that farm unicorns , and be sold to Olivander under false pretences .