Warner Brothers plans to be an angel to the Tasmanian Devil, which is at risk of extinction from cancer.

An Australian official said the moviemaker will donate money from the sale of DVDs featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to help efforts to save the ferocious fox-like animal.

The Looney Tunes character Taz -- a whirling, growling rival to Bugs -- is based on the Australian marsupial, which is being threatened by contagious cancer in its homeland.

The disease was first noticed in the mid-1990s in Tasmania's northeast, where 90 percent of the devils have since perished. And scientists say that within five years, there will be no disease-free population.