PENDLETON, Ind. (WXIX) - Two tortoises stolen from the Indianapolis Zoo were found safe at a park in Madison County, Indiana, according to Indiana State Police.

The pair of tortoises went missing in early October and were discovered at a park in the Madison County city of Pendleton.

The Pendleton Police Department says it was dispatched to Falls Park at around 4 p.m. after a park visitor said they came across an unattended cardboard box.

Police say the box had a paper plate on top with a note referencing the Indianapolis Zoo.

The tortoises were identified as the two that were stolen from the zoo earlier in the month after zoo employees scanned their microchips.

The case remains under investigation, and police say they have no further information to provide.

The investigation is being

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