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

"I can attest that many of Donkey’s classic head tilts, eye rolls and bouncy trots were straight from Perry," the animal's handler, Jenny Kiratli, tells PEOPLE Perry the miniature donkey ...

A donkey sanctuary in the San Francisco Bay Area is mourning the loss of Perry, popularly known for serving as the model for Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in the "Shrek" animated movie.

His passing was confirmed by Jenny Kiratli, lead handler of the Barron Park Donkey Project, where Perry had lived since 1997. Donkeys typically live 25–30 years in the wild and sometimes into ...

In recent weeks, his health had rapidly deteriorated as he struggled to walk and suffered intense pain from an incurable condition, said Jenny Kiratli, lead handler for the animals at Barron Park ...

Perry, a playful and feisty miniature donkey, was euthanized at age 30 on Jan. 2 after a long battle with laminitis, a painful hoof disease, according to Jenny Kiratli, a volunteer at Bol Park in ...

A real-life donkey who served as the animation model for the character Donkey in the “Shrek” franchise died on Thursday at the age of 30 at his home in California. Pericles, affectionately ...

So many people knew him,” his handler, Jenny Kiratli told People. In the memorial post, the project managers said the donkey had arrived there at age 3 in 1997, “young and feisty,” but had ...

The 30-year-old Perry was euthanized on Jan. 2 following a battle with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, laminitis, arthritis and muscle atrophy, said Jenny Kiratli, lead handler with the ...

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 ...