The Arizona State Fair opens its monthlong run without a petting zoo, but lots of animals
The Arizona State Fair has opened in Phoenix without a petting zoo or pony rides. The restrictions follow an E. coli outbreak in 2025 that sickened 18 people.
PHOENIX – The Arizona State Fair has returned for another year, this time without a petting zoo and pony rides because of an E. coli outbreak that sickened 18 people in 2025. Now there will be limited interactions with animals and no touching allowed.
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