The chief woman 'Greenie Tree-Hugging Activist', who was responsible for
getting horses banned from National parks and State forests, was climbing
a tree to have a look out over the forest when a Tawny Frogmouth Owl
attacked her for invading its nesting site.

In a panic to escape, she slid down the tree, getting a great number of
splinters lodged in her crotch area. In considerable pain she hurried to
the nearest doctor, and told him she was an environmentalist and how she
got all the splinters.
The doctor, who was not an environmentalist, listened with great patience
and then told her to go into the examining room and he would see if he
could help her. She waited for 3 hours before the doctor reappeared.
Angry, the woman demanded, 'What took you so long?'

'Well...' replied the doctor, '...I had to get permits from the
Environmental Protection Agency; the Forestry Service; the National Parks
and Wildlife Service; the Wilderness Society and the Department of
Conservation and Land Management before I could remove 'old growth timber'
from a 'recreational area' . . .