Greenwood Wildlife Consignment Gallery & Thrift Shop

Specialties

Greenwood has been rehabilitating wildlife for 25 years and is one of the largest wildlife rehabilitation centers along the Front Range. Each year, Greenwood cares for between 2,000 and 3,000 animals representing over 130 different wildlife species. Most of our patients are birds and small mammals.

History

Established in 1982.

History of Greenwood Wildlife

Raccoon

In late 1982, an animal care technician who worked for the Boulder Humane Society had the idea to create a wildlife rehabilitation service for Boulder. It was originally named «The Natalie Gneiser Wildlife Rehabilitation Center» after a twenty-​two year old girl who was killed by a car when trying to rescue an injured animal in the road. The funds from her memorial service were given to the Boulder Humane Society.

The Gneiser family, along with a large number of friends, donated concrete, fencing, caging, and many long hours. They cleaned out the barn behind the Humane Society and got the project off the ground. In 1993, the program was incorporated as a separate entity and the name was changed to Greenwood after a raccoon who survived a chimney fire and who was one of the first animals rescued. «Greenwood» seemed appropriate because green wood doesn’t burn.