was retired until the 1990s, when he gained his own show, Taz-Mania, and again became popular. In 1997, a newspaper report noted that Warner Bros. had "trademarked the character and registered the name Tasmanian Devil", and that this trademark "was policed", including an eight-year legal case to allow a Tasmanian company to call a fishing lure "Tasmanian Devil". Debate followed, and a delegation from the Tasmanian government met with Warner Bros. Ray Groom, the Tourism Minister, later announced that a "verbal agreement" had been reached. An annual fee would be paid to Warner Bros. in return for the Government of Tasmania being able to use the image of Taz for "marketing purposes". This agreement later disappeared. In 2006, Warner Bros. permitted the Government of Tasmania to sell stuffed toys of Taz with profits funnelled into research on DFTD. See also Fauna of Australia Threatened fauna of Australia List of adaptive radiated marsupials by form References Notes Bibliography Further reading External links Parks and Wildlife Tasmania – Tasmanian Devil – vocalisation, movie, FAQ (archived 21 July 2008) Save the Tasmanian Devil – Tasmanian government conservation program View the Tasmanian devil genome in Ensembl The Aussie Devil Ark Conservation Project Mammals described in 1841 Dasyuromorphs Mammals of Tasmania Mammals of New South Wales Marsupials of Australia Scavengers Vulnerable fauna of Australia Species endangered by disease Species endangered by collisions with vehicles