PENDLETON, Ind. – Indiana State Police (ISP) report that the Egyptian and Northern Spider tortoises taken from the Indianapolis Zoo earlier this month were found safe and uninjured on Tuesday afternoon in Falls Park, located in the Madison County city of Pendleton.

Police say that at approximately 4 p.m., park visitors came across an unattended cardboard box while walking on a sidewalk behind the park’s museum. The box had a note referencing the Indianapolis Zoo. Inside, the visitors found the two tortoises and called the authorities.

The tortoises were later positively identified as the two reported stolen after having their microchips scanned by Indy Zoo personnel.

This incident remains under ISP investigation. There is no additional information to release publicly.

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