Perry — the miniature donkey who was the animation model for the iconic character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the movie Shrek — ...

Known as the inspiration for the character Donkey, voiced by comedy legend Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated classic “Shrek,” ...

Perry, a Jerusalem miniature donkey, was first brought to California to help calm polo ponies, but instead he nipped at them, according to the project’s website. So in 1997, the “spunky” 3-year-old ...

"I can attest that many of Donkey’s classic head tilts, eye rolls and bouncy trots were straight from Perry," the animal's ...

Perry, a 30-year-old donkey, was known for serving as the model for the character Donkey, voiced by Eddie Murphy, in the ...

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 ...

Perry, a beloved miniature donkey who has been a fixture of Bol Park for nearly three decades and who famously served as the ...

Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died. He was 30. The donkey’s ...

Jenny Kiratli, the donkey’s handler, told this publication. He was 30. Perry has been at the park since 1997 and had spent much of his life in the company of Miner Forty Niner, who died in 2016.

Jenny Kiratli, Perry’s handler, confirmed to PEOPLE that the animal — who lived in a community-run pasture in the Barron Park neighborhood of Palo Alto, Calif. — died on Thursday ...