Donkey handler Mike Holland holds on to Perry while a family pets him in Barron Park in Palo Alto on Nov. 5, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. He was, by all accounts, a small figure with a giant ...

Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. From left: Stephanie Figeira knocks on the door of a Meals on Wheels recipient’s Palo Alto apartment with a meal in hand on Aug. 30, 2024.

Perry, real-life Palo Alto donkey who inspired iconic 'Shrek' character, dies at 30 KGO Sunday, January 5, 2025 ...

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 ...

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 Friday, "We are heartbroken ...