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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.
Perry has been at the park since 1997 and had spent much of his life in the company of Miner Forty Niner, who died in 2016. Prior to his passing on Thursday night, he was one of three donkeys at the Bol Park pasture, along with April and Buddy.
Kiratli said that Perry had been suffering from laminitis, a hoof disease that caused him excruciating pain. He also had a disorder on his left hind leg, which made it painful for him to use that leg. He often kept it lifted, which added extra weight to his right side…