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Perry is out for a walk in Bol Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Perry, a miniature donkey, is supported by donations and volunteers in the Barron Park community. (LiPo Ching ...
He is best known for being the model for Donkey in Shrek. But to Palo Alto residents, more than 150 of whom attended his memorial on Sunday, he was just Perry, playful and sprightly, an iconic ...
Palo Alto Mayor Greer Stone with Perry the Donkey and Mike, a donkey handler, at Perry’s 30th birthday party in June 2024. Courtesy Karen Holman.
Perry lived at Barron Park in Palo Alto, California, where he was beloved by staff and visitors. Animators from DreamWorks visited Perry to study his movements for the making of "Shrek." ...
Perry, a famous donkey from Palo Alto that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek," has died. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay. Welcome, Mickey.
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Perry, the donkey that served as the model for "Donkey," a character in the "Shrek" movies, has died. He was 30. Perry died Saturday at Barron Park Donkeys, a pasture in Palo Alto.
His passing was announced on the Barron Park Donkeys Instagram account, an animal park in Palo Alto, Calif. that Perry called home for the last 27 years. 4.
Perry, a 30-year-old donkey, was the motion model for “Donkey” in the 2001 “Shrek” film. He lived at a Palo Alto pasture for nearly 30 years.
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A famous donkey from California that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek" has died. Perry was 30 years old. In an Instagram post, BPDonkeys, wrote on Friday ...
Jerusalem miniature donkey Perry at Barron Park in Palo Alto, California. At 30 years old, Perry died on Jan. 2, 2025. Perry served as the model for the Donkey character in animated movie, "Shrek." ...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A famous donkey from California that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek" has died. Perry was 30 years old. In an Instagram post, BPDonkeys, wrote on Friday ...