Pepito continues the good work that was started with Association Akira.

This Association was founded in April 2011 after animal lovers noticed a need for a shelter in the areas of Benissa, Teulada and Moraira.

After several meetings and negociations with the mayors of Benissa and Teulada, the mayor of Benissa offered a beautiful piece of land in the Poligono Industrial La Pedrera in 2014 and Teulada would help with financing the construction. AKIRA raised more than 140,000€, and the shelter build was completed in April 2016.

During 2011-2016, the team continued to rescue and rehome lost and abandoned dogs – hundreds of them. Once the Shelter had opened, there was a steep learning curve towards managing operations to the standards required for our accreditation as a Nucleo Zoologico, awarded in 2019.

Pepito is a trade mark of Asociacíon de Protección y Bienestar Animal Babu, this “Asociación sin ánimo de lucro”– a non-profit association registered in Valencia with number CV-01-066687-A,  as several animal welfare projects and one of these is our Dog Shelter.

The donations for Pepito will be solely used for Pepito Dog Shelter. 

If you want more information about how Pepito is run, please get in touch by email at info@pepitodogshelter.com.