Hitachi donates mini-excavator to elephant conservation project

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A Hitachi ZX38U-5 mini excavator has been delivered to the first elephant sanctuary in Europe. The Premium Used machine was donated by Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME), and handed over to the founders of Elephant Haven in southwest France in September. The versatile short-tail swing model is suitable for a variety of tasks at the 70-acre site in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Supplied with three buckets, it will be used to build fences, dig trenches and create mud pools. After the first three elephants arrive in 2018, the ZX38U-5 will maintain sand boxes in the barn and make sand piles on which they will sleep. It will also be used to move tree trunks and logs, and maintain streams and lakes.