In 1999, animators from Pacific Data Images, a local company contracted by Dreamworks for the 3D animation, visited the pasture and observed Perry, especially his movements and gait, to learn how donkeys move.
We are heartbroken with [Perry's] passing, but recently he had been in increasing pain, suffering from a condition known as laminitis which is not curable, the pasture said in an online statement.
I can attest that many of Donkey's classic head tilts, eye rolls and bouncy trots were straight from Perry, Perry's handler Jenny Kiratli told People magazine.
Perry was suffering from an incurable hoof disease, and was euthanized. He was 30.
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