Charges Dropped Against Man Who Ran “Purse Puppy” Dog Fighting Ring

“They are not pitbulls, so we cannot prosecute”

Kansas City, Missouri. You may think of pitbulls when you think dog fighting. But Douglass Dupree ran a dog fighting ring consisting of only fashionable so called “purse puppies”, or toy dog breeds that will fit in purses.

Toy Poodle, Chihuahua, Maltese, Pomeranian, and pekingese were some of the common breeds that were turned into viscous, killing fighting machines.

A regular onlooker, Chuck Willis, describes one of the more memorable matches. “It was the cutest little Pomeranian you’d ever seen and she went up against an adorable tan and white teacup Maltese. Oh boy did they go at it! The teacup Maltese gouged an eye out of the pom and that pissed the pom off so much that she bit on the jugular of the Maltese, and then wouldn’t you know it, that precious pom took a little tiny shit right on the downed teacup afterward.”

Initially charged with cruelty to animal charges related to the fighting of dogs, Dupree pleaded not guilty at his pre-trial hearing.

The prosecutor then decided to drop all charges against Dupree once she learned about what his defense strategy was going to be.

“Basically Mr. Dupree was going to plead not guilty and his defense was going to be a so-called ‘pro wrestling’ defense. He was going to say that his toy breed fighting circuit was merely fight acting or playing, and that it was really fake wrestling like that performed in the WWE. And honestly, there’s no jury that is going to convict on dog fighting unless the breed is the pitbull.”

Dupree was released last thursday and it is unclear whether he will continue the purse puppy fighting circuit.