Explain the reasons for the French Colonisers to scrap the bounty programme for rat hunting in 1902-

Solution:

(1)

1.The modern part of Hanoi was struck by bubonic plague. To fight the plague, French started Rat Hunt programme in 1902.

2.The people were paid for each rat they hunted.

(2)

1.The purpose of rat hunt was finally defeated.

2.The French hired Vietnamese workers to catch the rats and paid them for the same. This proved a failed attempt.

3.Vietnamese befooled the government by just showing the tail and allowing the rate to go free.

4.They took it as a way to earn a profit. Defeated by the resistance of the weak, the French were forced to scrap the bounty programme.