Courtesy Jenny Kiratli. On Sunday, donkey handlers Michael Holland and Stephanie Kaplan took Perry and Buddy for a walk in Bol Park where the donkeys could greet the community.

MARTIN: That's Jenny Kiratli. She cares for Perry at the Barron Park Donkey Project in Palo Alto, Calif. Perry lives there with two other donkeys. MARTÍNEZ: Perry is 30 years old.

Jenny Kiratli, Perry’s handler, confirmed to PEOPLE that the animal — who lived in a community-run pasture in the Barron Park ...

Kiratli tells me the reason Holland had to stay overnight is donkeys need time with the dead body to properly grieve. Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood sadly said goodbye to Jenny in November ...

Everywhere Jenny Kiratli goes these days, someone stops her to share their memories of Perry the miniature donkey. The beloved Palo Alto, Calif., creature — who was the model for Donkey, the ...

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.

In recent weeks, his health had rapidly deteriorated as he struggled to walk and suffered intense pain from an incurable ...

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 ...

Perry, the beloved donkey who served as the real-life inspiration for Eddie Murphy’s animated character Donkey in the 2001 blockbuster Shrek, has died at the age of 30.His passing was confirmed ...

“It’s evident if you know Perry and watch the movie that it’s him,” Jenny Kiratli, lead handler of the Barron Park Donkey Project, told SFGate in a 2021 interview. “It’s amazing how ...

Barron Park donkey Buddy munches on green grass in Palo Alto’s Bol Park on Dec. 6. Courtesy Jenny Kiratli. A fluffy, chocolate-colored furball donkey has moved into Barron Park. Named Buddy, the ...

Perry the miniature donkey, who served as the movement model for the character Donkey from the popular Shrek franchise, has died at 30 years old.. Jenny Kiratli, Perry’s handler, confirmed to ...