In 2022, Perry the Donkey, left, grazes with pasture mate Buddy at the Barron Park Donkey project in Palo Alto. The inspiration for the donkey character in the film “Shrek,” Perry died on ...

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." ...

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, Calif. (KGO) -- A famous donkey from Palo Alto that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek" has died. Perry was 30 years old. In an Instagram post, BPDonkeys, wrote on ...

PALO ALTO – Perry, the Bay Area donkey who was the inspiration behind the beloved character in the DreamWorks' 2001 film "Shrek," died at the age of 30. In an Instagram post, Barron Park Donkeys ...

Palo Alto votes to give a grant for the care of donkeys in Bol Park, including one that was a model for the animated donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy. A $10,000 grant to care for the aging 'Shrek ...

Perry, one of two donkeys who live in Palo Alto's Bol Park, is very likely the most famous donkey in the world, thanks to a special connection to the Academy Award-winning film "Shrek." ...

Palo Alto helping pay medical bills for Perry, inspiration for donkey in 'Shrek' 03:18. PALO ALTO — The inspiration behind a beloved American film character lives in Palo Alto.

Film animators studied Perry as they created the Donkey character in ‘Shrek.’ Volunteers now tend to Perry in a pasture in Palo Alto, Calif.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - This Palo Alto pasture is home to an aging celebrity. If you look closely, you might recognize him. Perry was the model for "Donkey" in the movie Shrek. "It actually is pretty ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (KPIX) – A community in California is stepping in to help the animal who directly inspired the beloved character Donkey in the “Shrek” film franchise.

Perry, the Barron Park neighborhood donkey that was the model for the “Donkey” character in the Shrek movies, and his pen mate, Niner, are in need of cash. And unless a trust fund is set up ...