Let’s get the Wayne Rooney joke out of the way first: no, the balding, pug-eared, spherically-headed Manchester United golem was not the inspiration for Dreamworks’ most popular creation – as much as ...

The real-life model of a beloved character in the original "Shrek" film has died. Perry, the donkey who served as the model for the donkey character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the famed animated film, ...

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 Palo ...

PALO ALTO – Perry, the Bay Area donkey who was the inspiration behind the beloved character in the DreamWorks' 2001 film "Shrek," died at the age of 30. In an Instagram post, Barron Park Donkeys in ...

PALO ALTO — The inspiration behind a beloved American film character lives in Palo Alto. But as Perry the donkey ages, his medical bills grow with him. Perry the donkey is familiar to many. He served ...