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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 ...
Jenny Kiratli, a volunteer wrangler at the Barron Park Donkey project in Palo Alto, Calif., gets a hug from a neighbor, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, after the death of their most famous donkey, Perry.
The Barron Park Donkey Project has deep roots in Palo Alto. In the 1950s, Cornelius and Josina Bol introduced donkeys to what is now the pasture at Barron Park where donkeys live, according to the ...
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, ...
Barron Park donkey Perry nibbles on grass during a Sept. 1 ceremony where the Palo Alto Humane Society presented him and fellow donkey Jenny a $2,000 check for veterinary services.
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 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 ...
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 the donkey was reportedly paid $75 ...
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 — The inspiration behind a beloved American film character lives in Palo Alto. But as Perry the donkey ages, his medical bills grow with him. Perry the donkey is familiar to many.
At Perry’s 30th birthday party earlier this week, more than 200 neighbors in Palo Alto showed up to celebrate the aging donkey, take photos and watch him eat a layered grass-pellet cake made by ...
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.
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