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Perry, the donkey who served as the Donkey model for Shrek, has passed away at the age of 30.

Perry, a beloved miniature donkey who has been a fixture of Bol Park for nearly three decades and who famously served as the model for the Donkey character in "Shrek," was euthanized on Thursday after battling a painful hoof disease, Jenny Kiratli, the donkey's handler, told this publication. He was 30.

She described Perry as feisty and funny, extremely fond of Jenny and prone to playfully nipping the occasional visitor in the butt. Fernandes and Li were received honorable mentions and Ravi was the first-place winner for her story “Snapshot,” which centered around the donkeys. Karen Holman, a former Palo Alto mayor and long-time champion of the Bol Park donkeys, recalled the various occasions in which she or other visitors would visit Perry.

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