Two critically endangered tortoises reported stolen from the Indianapolis Zoo have been safely recovered, zoo officials announced Tuesday.

"We are thrilled to announce the two missing tortoises have been safely recovered by local law enforcement and are on their way back home to the Zoo," the Indianapolis Zoo posted on its Instagram account on Tuesday evening.

Police released this images of a northern spider tortoise (left) and Egyptian tortoise (right) that were stolen from the Indianapolis Zoo. Indiana State Police

According to the Pendleton Police Department, at approximately 4:00 p.m., they received a call from park visitors who, while walking on a sidewalk behind the park's museum, near the falls, came across an unattended cardboard box.

The box was said to have had a paper

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