Rescuing kittens from trees is usually a job reserved for firemen, but a Romanian man has managed to film the moment he decided to take the matter into his own hands.

The footage, captured using a helmet-mounted camera, shows the passing cyclist climbing up the tree and using a rope to bring the two animals down safely.

The man can be seen storing the kittens in his bag and lowering them down to the ground, where they are then reunited with their owner.

"I was going home after a ride with my bike. I heard two little kittens meow for their mum. The only problem was both of them were in a tree about ten metres tall, and they couldn't get down. So I just ran home to get a rope and I made my way up to them to save them," the filmer wrote online.

Although the video was captured last year, it has only recently been uploaded to Newsflare.

Like I say in video: I don't try to be like people, and I won't. I try to be human!