From left, Amara Fernandes, Macy Li and Vandana Ravi pose for a photo with Barron Park donkey Perry at Bol Park in Palo Alto on May 28, 2019 after the Palo Alto Humane Society’s Ambassadors for ...

Its namesake, Cornelis Bol, came to the U.S. in 1936 from Holland, according to immigration records, moved to the Palo Alto plot where Bol Park now stands and immediately got a job as a physics ...

With its meandering paths, great expanse of green, vintage agricultural tools and venerable donkeys, Bol Park has remained a refuge from Palo Alto’s fast-paced and car-choked environment for ...

Perry is out for a walk in Bol Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Perry, a miniature donkey, is supported by donations and volunteers in the Barron Park community.

Barron Park miniature donkey Perry, left, and standard donkey Niner, right, pose by their name plates in their pen behind Bol Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (LiPo Ching/Bay ...

Perry, a miniature donkey whose handlers said he was used by DreamWorks animators as a model for the chatty “Shrek” character named Donkey, died last week at the age of 30.

Perry resided at Cornelis Bol Park in Palo Alto, California and served as a support animal. Paying for his care, and for the other donkeys, slowly became a point of controversy overtime.

Perry, the miniature donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy’s “Shrek” character, died Thursday at the age of 30. His death was announced by Barron Park Donkeys in Palo Alto, California, where ...