The couple, named Jacarandá and Kathmandu, took advantage of the exit gate left open for them in their temporary enclosures to move out and roam the Guadiana Valley Nature Park. The ANPC, a non-governmental organisation responsible for the project, said in a statement sent to Lusa News Agency that it was a historical moment and that this was the first of what it hoped would be many such occasions of the endangered species being released into the wild.