Two heroic military dogs who saved thousands of lives on duty in Afghanistan are facing death row because they are proving difficult to rehome.

Belgian shepherds Kevin and Dazz smelled out IEDs before they were retired, putting their lives at risk to help the Army.

However, because a home cannot be found for them, they will be given a lethal injection next week.

An angry handler told The Sun: "We’ll do anything to save them."

Another said: "This is such a cruel way to treat these animals that have given us so much."

However, the outlook seems bleak for the animals, both 9 years old, because chiefs have ruled they cannot be rehomed safely.

Handlers have made an appeal to the Defence Animal Centre in Melton Mowbray, Leics, in order to save the lives of Kevin and Dazz, and a military dog called Driver.