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’s Barron Park donkeys are proving they’re worth their weight in gold — or in manure, at least. Barron Park Donkey Project Coordinator Jenny Kiratli is selling composted donkey ...

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." ...

Barron Park miniature donkey Perry, left, and standard donkey Niner, right, pose by their name plates in their pen behind Bol Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.

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.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (KTVU) - Palo Alto's newest goodwill ambassador will make his official debut this weekend. The hope is that the stuffed animal donkey will become a conversation starter - that he ...

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 ...