Nationalist Movement in Indo – China Notes

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8. RAT HUNT

  • To prevent plague Rat Hunt was started in 1902.
  • French hired Vietnamese worker and paid them for each they caught.
  • Those who did the dirty work of entering sewers found that if they come together, they could negotiate higher bounty.
  • The money was paid for each tail was shown as proof.
  • Worker understood that they could own profit out of it they just clipped the tail and released the rats so that the process could be continued.
  • Some workers began to raise rats to earn money.
  • So the Rat Hunt was a failure.

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