{"id":214466,"date":"2026-06-09T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/214466\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:11:21","slug":"families-get-a-close-up-looks-at-big-machines-at-erie-zoos-equipment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/214466\/","title":{"rendered":"Families get a close-up looks at big machines at Erie Zoo\u2019s Equipment Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Mon, June 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/5655afcbc31c19e8f2c3d1e132968aec.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Families get a close-up looks at big machines at Erie Zoo\u2019s Equipment Day<\/p>\n<p>Kids and families got the chance to get up close with some big machines Saturday at the Erie Zoo&#8217;s annual Equipment Day.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought together construction vehicles, emergency response equipment, and other heavy machinery for children to explore firsthand.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:PSP Camp Cadet kicks off in Meadville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/psp-camp-cadet-kicks-off-155509026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0PSP Camp Cadet kicks off in Meadville\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visitors were also able to enjoy everything the zoo has to offer with the purchase of a ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the day is designed to give families a unique experience while connecting with local businesses and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a lot of kids, this might be their only time that they get to see these type of machines. It&#8217;s a great opportunity to show them what these are and maybe help provide them with more information that they might want to find a career that works with one of these,&#8221; said Hali Hartley, lead manager of public relations, marketing and events for the Erie Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment Day is one of the zoo&#8217;s most popular events, with it expected to return again next year.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, June 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM UTC Families get a close-up looks at big machines at Erie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[93113,93968,136,138,137,3466],"class_list":["post-214466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-construction-vehicles","tag-emergency-response-equipment","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-zoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}