New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Animal rights activist and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi as welcomed Friday's Supreme Court's ruling that stray dogs in Delhi-NCR should not be rounded up permanently.

She further supported the court's order to create designated feeding areas and also highlighted that, for the first time in 25 years, the government has allocated Rs 2,500 crore for this program, as stated in Parliament.

Gandhi said, "I am very happy with this scientific judgement. Relocation and fear are the primary reasons dogs bite. There is no question of releasing dogs infected with Rabies. The court has not defined what an aggressive dog is. This needs to be defined...It is right (in order to create designated feeding areas). They (civic authority) ...