In the run-up to the release of “Shrek,” a celebrity emerged from a pasture in Palo Alto, California — Perry, a 5-year-old gray miniature donkey. Dozens of animators visited the pasture ...

The beloved Palo Alto, Calif., creature — who was the model for Donkey, the iconic character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the animated film Shrek — has died at the ripe old age of 30. Kiratli ...

Perhaps most famously, Perry was known for his role in inspiring the animation of the character Donkey in DreamWorks’ “Shrek.” But the animal was beloved by his handlers, visitors and fellow ...