Beloved donkey who was animation model for Shrek has died at the age of 30
Perry — the miniature donkey who was the animation model for the iconic character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the movie Shrek — has died.
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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 ...
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Perry, the real-life donkey model for Shrek’s sidekick, dies at 30
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 ...
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Donkey, Who Served as the Model for Eddie Murphy’s “Shrek” Character, Dies at 30: 'He Was So Much More Than the“ Shrek” Donkey'
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, Jan. 2. He was ...
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Perry the Donkey, Model for ‘Shrek,’ Dies at 30
Jenny Kiratli, lead handler at the Barron Park Donkey Project in Palo Alto, Calif., the organization that took care of Perry, said he was euthanized on Thursday after pain in his hooves worsened ...
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Donkey, Who Served as the Model for Eddie Murphy’s “Shrek” Character, Dies at 30: 'He Was So Much More Than the“ Shrek” Donkey'
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 ...
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Perry the donkey, model for Shrek character Donkey, dies at 30
Ms Jenny Kiratli – lead handler at the Barron Park Donkey Project in Palo Alto, California, the American organisation that took care of Perry – said he was euthanised on Jan 2 after pain in ...
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More than just the ‘Shrek’ donkey: Remembering Barron Park’s Perry
“To us, he was not the Shrek donkey. He was our Perry,” said Jenny Kiratli, lead handler at the Barron Park Donkey Project (BPDP). Perry, then just around three-years-old, arrived at BPDP in ...
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Perry the donkey, known as model for Donkey character in 'Shrek,' dies at 30 in California
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 ...