Police in Tasmania have won permission to feed about $3,000 of expensive meat cuts stolen from supermarkets to a group of Tasmanian devils in captivity.

The haul, which includes scotch fillet steak and legs of pork, is being provided to the Bonorong Wildlife sanctuary and other devil havens to feed about 100 of the endangered animals.

Bonorong's Greg Irons says the sanctuary has been given enough meat to provide almost 600 meals for the devils, which would normally dine on wallaby.

"If we can save $500 on food, that's $500 that can go to a frog breeding program, to a wildlife rescue, to wombat milk," he said.

"Every dollar we save is fantastic but it's just so nice to know that there are people out there thinking about our little animals as well."

Detective Senior Constable Karine Lane says the meat would have been discarded if police did not win permission from the Magistrates Court to use it to feed the animals.

"I didn't want to see the meat go to waste and I requested that the Magistrate consider donating it to a good cause, which he did," she said.

Jocelyn Hockley from the Save the Tasmanian Devil program says the donation will feed 100 animals for free.

"It means that we can then concentrate our funds on other things, more important things like research and the breeding programs that are involved in trying to make sure that this species doesn't go extinct in the wild," she said.

Police say they hope they can put the proceeds of crime to similar good use in the future.