INDIANAPOLIS — Local law enforcement has recovered a pair of tortoises that went missing from the Indianapolis Zoo earlier this month.

The zoo announced that the tortoises had been recovered via two Instagram posts. The first of the posts was deleted and replaced with a second, new post. Both posts indicated that the tortoises had been located safe by law enforcement.

In a press release, Indiana State Police reported that the tortoises were found safe and uninjured in Falls Park in Pendleton on Tuesday afternoon.

ISP indicated that multiple civilians who were visiting Falls Park stumbled upon the tortoises around 4 p.m. Those visitors found the tortoises in an unattended cardboard box behind the park's museum.

Upon finding the tortoises, the Falls Park visitors called the Pendleton Pol

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