A LONELY dog abandoned like Paddington Bear has been offered a new home by hundreds of animal lovers around the world.

Kai, a shar-pei crossbreed, was discovered tied to railings at Ayr railway station - next to a suitcase containing his pillow, toy, food bowl and food.

Since the Evening Times highlighted his plight, the Scottish SPCA has received hundreds of offers of a new home from as far afield as America, Canada and even the Philippines.

Kai, who was abandoned at Ayr station, in a tale similar to that of Paddington Bear, was discovered tied to a railing outside the building on Friday .

His story has hit the headlines around the world, from the US to Hong Kong, and the charity has had calls from people in California and Tennessee offering to take him in.

However it hopes to rehome Kai in Scotland once he has had surgery to his eyelids, which are curled under meaning his eyelashes touch his eyeballs.

Kai, who is aged between two and three, is currently being cared for at the Scottish SPCA's centre in Glasgow.

Alan Grant, a senior animal care assistant at the Glasgow centre, said: "It would certainly have been very distressing for him at the time he was abandoned.

"He has been tied up to a fence and watched his owners walk away and leave him.

"That's distressing for any dog.

"Even if you just tie your dog up outside the shop and go into the shop, most dogs will panic so it must have been very, very distressing for him watching his owners walk away.

"He's settled into the centre not bad and he seems very people-orientated, but it's certainly not the right manner to leave any animal in."

The SSPCA hopes to rehome Kai in Scotland, once he has had surgery to his eyelids, which are curled under meaning his eyelashes touch his eyeballs.

A spokeswoman said: "He needs surgery which is quite a common procedure.

"He won't be able to leave till he has had that so he will be with us for the next three to four weeks."

Kai was sold on the Gumtree website in 2013 and the charity is appealing for information to help trace whoever bought him.