A greenie sheila was climbing a tree to watch over a Tasmanian forest.

See tried to get evidence against the mighty logging company when a tawny frogmouth owl attacked her.

In a panic to escape, she slid down the tree getting a number of large splinters lodged in her crotch area.

In considerable pain she hurried to a doctor and told him that she was an environmentalist and how she got all the splinters.

The doctor, who was definitely no environmentalist; listened with great patience and then told her to go into the examining room, undress, hop up onto the bed and he would be in shortly to see if he could help her.

She waited for two long painful hours before the doctor reappeared. By now, very angry, the woman demanded, 'what took you so damn long?'

'Well,' the doctor replied, 'it is not that simple....I had to get permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forestry Service, the National Parks & Wildlife Service, the Wilderness Society and the Dept of Conservation & Resource Management, before I could remove 'old growth timber' from a recreational area!!!'