True or False:
According to the scholarship of Newt Scamander as found in his book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, merpeople are a sapient species that fully qualify for Being status in the wizarding world but, as a race, have refused this classification, preferring instead to be considered Beasts.
Artist's rendition of a mermaid who lives in the Black Lake at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
The answer is: TRUE.
Merpeople, along with centaurs, rejected Being status in 1811 due to their objection that Dark creatures, such as hags and vampires, also claimed Being status.