Sixty years ago NY had a rat problem. So to combat the rats the city posted a bounty on all dead rats brought in.
None were brought in as the citizens refused to catch the rats. They wanted the city to take care of the problem.
I remember an ad in the back of a farm magazine, back then, that offered money for every rat tail turned in.
Had a Shiba Inu who would catch squirrels in the back yard. He was fast.