In recognition of his importance, the Palo Alto City Council allocated $10,000 for his medical care in June 2024. Donkeys typically live 25 to 30 years, with some reaching 40 with the right care.

The beloved Palo Alto, Calif., creature — who was the model for Donkey, the iconic character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the animated film Shrek — has died at the ripe old age of 30.

Flowers rest at the gate to the Barron Park Donkeys pasture in Palo Alto, Calif. Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, two days after the passing of celebrity resident Perry, the model for the donkey character ...

Jenny Kiratli, lead handler at the Barron Park Donkey Project in Palo Alto, Calif., the organization that took care of Perry, said he was euthanized on Thursday after pain in his hooves worsened ...

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.

Perry had lived in Barron Park since 1997 and he was a mascot for the city of Palo Alto, California. Perry, the donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy's character in the Shrek films, has died at the age ...

In the run-up to the release of “Shrek,” a celebrity emerged from a pasture in Palo Alto, California – Perry, a 5-year-old gray miniature donkey.

The volunteer-run organization in Palo Alto, California, took care of Perry for the past 27 years. “He was a beloved member of our community, and we know many people will be touched by his passing.

Perry spent nearly his entire life at the Barron Park Donkey Project in Palo Alto. Perry was euthanized after suffering from laminitis, which caused a fatal infection in one of his hooves.

A Jerusalem miniature donkey, Perry was born in New York in 1994. In 1997, he was transferred to Barron Park in Palo Alto in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perry, whose name was short for Pericles, was a ...

Perry, the miniature donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy ’s “ Shrek ” character, died Thursday at the age of 30. His death was announced by Barron Park Donkeys in Palo Alto, California, where Perry once ...

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.