Environmental Conservationist Targetted, Slain, in Toronto

The Toronto Police Department are seeking clues in the shooting death of an ecological conservation philanthropist.

Glen Davis was shot just after 2 p.m. on Friday, in the underground parking garage of the building where the World Wildlife Fund has its main Canadian offices. The building is located at 245 Eglinton Ave. East, near Mount Pleasant Road. He had just finished having lunch with a WWF associate.

A major wildlife conservation philanthropist, Davis donated millions of dollars to habitat and wildlife conservation causes, including a donation of $2 million dollars to World Wildlife Fund Canada which he and his family made in 2000. Davis and his family also donated to the Sierra Club of Canada, the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the Canadian National women's rowing team.

Toronto Police say Davis was deliberately targeted and have opened a homicide investigation.


Security cameras captured these pictures of the man, below, who was in the parking garage around the time of the shooting - the police are calling him a "person of interest' which means he could be either a witness or a suspect. They want to speak with him and are asking the public for help finding him and for any other information or tips that might be useful in solving the case.

This 'person of interest is described by police as being:
* White;
* Between 25 and 30 years old; and
* About 5-foot-8;
* Wearing a black baseball cap, a blue sweater, a waist-length dark jacket
with a hood, dark pants, and white running shoes and a dark-coloured backpack.

If you have information please contact the Toronto Homicide Squad at 416-808-7418, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477). You can also submit information online.