BACuba: the Bienestar Animal Cuba app
The first Cuban mobile app for animal welfare. Now completely new.
We were the first. We are back, and better.
In February 2022 Bienestar Animal Cuba launched BACuba, the first mobile application to promote animal welfare in Cuba. Thousands of people downloaded it from Apklis and Google Play: more than 4,000 downloads in less than 24 hours after its launch, according to IPS Cuba. Now we present its second edition, rebuilt from scratch, faster, more useful and designed for real internet connections in Cuba.
Free. For everyone.
The Android version can be downloaded directly from our website (Android 7 or later), signed by Bienestar Animal Cuba. It will be on Google Play and the App Store as soon as we raise what the stores charge to open the accounts. The app is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Download BACuba for Android · version for very old (32-bit) phones
Everything you need to help an animal
Reports
Report abuse, abandonment, road accidents and injured, trapped or sick animals in a five-step guided form, with photos and an approximate location. Your details and the location are never published.
Works without data
Prepare your report even without a connection: the app saves it and sends it when the signal comes back, without duplicates.
Adoptions
Rescued dogs and cats looking for a family all over Cuba, with BAC’s official adoption process: interview, contract and a year of follow-up.
Online vet consultation
Describe what is wrong with your animal, send clear photos and BAC’s veterinary team replies privately. It does not replace an in-person visit: in an emergency, go to a vet straight away.
Lost and found
Post your lost animal or one you found. BACuba looks for matches and creates a printable poster with a QR code.
Vets and clinics
A national directory of veterinary clinics, with a map and reviews.
First aid
Step-by-step guides for heatstroke, poisoning, road accidents or an animal that is not breathing. Works offline.
Real privacy
No ads and no tracking. Location data is removed from photos, your pets’ records stay on your phone and you can delete your account whenever you want.
Help us reach every phone
BACuba is free and already built. All that is missing for anyone to download it from Google Play and the App Store are the official fees those stores charge: 124 USD in total (Google Play, 25 USD once; Apple’s developer programme, 99 USD a year). Because of the United States sanctions on Cuba, these accounts cannot be opened from the island: a BAC member in Spain will open them as soon as we raise the money.
We will publish what we raise and how it is used, as we do with all our accounts. Anything above this amount will go, as always, to medicines, food and sterilisations. Please write “App BACuba” in the reference so we know what your donation is for.
The 2022 launch in the press
- Escambray: “Cuba launches new app for animal welfare” (in English)
- IPS Cuba, 13 February 2022 (in Spanish)
- Diario de Cuba, 7 February 2022 (in Spanish)
- Vistar Magazine, 10 February 2022 (in Spanish)
- OnCubaNews, 2022 (in Spanish)
- CiberCuba, 31 January 2022 (in Spanish)