A DOG came to the rescue of two kittens who were dumped in a cardboard box in a Birmingham park.

Golden retriever Leal sniffed out the box which was in bushes and found the emaciated, freezing cold and hungry moggies.

They were covered in their own excrement and were so hungry they could not even miaow.

But thanks to Leal and his owners they are now healthy and looking for a new home. Karen and Tim McCabe were out walking with Leal in Pype Hayes Park when they found the moggies.

The kittens were in a microwave oven box which had been taped up tightly to stop them getting out.

Karen said: “We were shocked at the state of the little mites and how anyone could dump them.

“It was only by chance we were walking in Pype Hayes that day because we didn’t have enough time to go to Sutton Park.

“We’re so glad we found them clinging to life – it was almost dark and they’d have been dead for sure the next morning.”