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Farewell to Perry the Donkey


The donkey that impressed the character Donkey within the Oscar-winning animated movie Shrek has handed away on the age of 30.

The actual-life miniature donkey was named Pericles, however was recognized affectionately as Perry. When the 2001 unique movie was made, Perry acted as a mannequin for the animators. Within the movie, Donkey is memorably voiced by actor Eddie Murphy, and is the talkative sidekick to Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers). The character of Donkey seems within the unique movie and its three sequels.

In accordance with a 2021 article in SFGate, Perry was born in New York however was offered and shipped off to California to be a polo pony companion. Then Hollywood got here calling. Perry had been residing at Bol Park in Palo Alto since 1997 and one of many Shrek animators lived close by and came to visit along with his colleagues to check the donkey for the movie.

“It’s evident if you already know Perry and watch the film that it’s him,” mentioned one in all Perry’s handlers, Jenny Kiratli. “It’s superb how a lot of our donkey is in Donkey, the way in which he flips his head when he’s mad at Shrek, the way in which he trots.”



In accordance with Palo Alto On-line, Perry was euthanized after creating laminitis; he additionally had a problem on a hind leg that pressured him to face on three legs. “For a month, he had simply been standing on three legs and conserving one lifted,” Kiratli instructed the media outlet.

Efforts have been made to alleviate Perry’s discomfort, together with ache medicine and therapeutic massage remedy, however as his situation worsened the troublesome determination was made to say goodbye to the beloved donkey. Greater than a dozen of the Bol Park volunteer handlers have been with him when he handed.

“In Perry’s final weeks, handlers spent many hours on the pasture with him, petting him, cradling him, singing to him, and telling him that he was, and all the time will probably be, beloved,” Kiratli instructed the Palo Alto reporter. “We’re all blessed for having recognized him and we’ll by no means, ever neglect him.”





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