Will Berliners start breeding rats?

A Berlin politician is trying to give them an incentive - suggesting that poor people should be given 1 Euro for each dead rodent they bring in.

The idea poses some practical problems too. Killing rats by hitting them with shovels or kicking them to death would break animal protection laws. Besides, rats are fast and much tougher to catch than returnable bottles, much sought after by poor people who retrieve deposits on them at supermarkets.