The animal activist is against a decision the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made to send two tigers from a zoo in Mebane, North Carolina to a zoo in Baghdad.
The actress, who has been a member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for the last few years, issued a statement: "It has already been shown that the animals at the Baghdad Zoo cannot be properly protected from the country’s military conflict. When the war began, hundreds of animals in the zoo were killed, stolen, eaten, or let loose by looters. The last two tigers escaped and were shot dead."
Basinger added, "The future is uncertain. Most of the people in Iraq still do not have access to basic necessities or a safe environment and Iraq remains a war zone: sending tigers there would place the animals squarely in harm’s way."