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 turtles 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 safely by law enforcement.

Previous reporting indicates zoo personnel noticed the tortoises were missing during a routine morning count on Oct. 12. On Oct. 27, Indiana State Police publicly announced that they believed the two tortoises had been stolen sometime between 10 a.m. on Oct. 11 and 10 a.m. on Oct. 12.

Zoo staff first reported the tortoises missing to state police on Oct. 23. Zoo officials indicated that the species of the two tortoises tha

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