The Shih Tzu has hit the fan in crime-plagued Central Park.
A dastardly dognapper grabbed a beloved 9-year-old pooch from an Upper East Side family this week in Central Park, while a nanny was gathering her two young charges following an afternoon outing.
The heartbroken family is offering a $5,000 reward for the safe return of their black and white Shih Tzu, Panda.
“I have not been able to eat or sleep since we lost our dog,” a shaken Makiyo Davidson, 39, told The Post Saturday. “It traumatized myself and my kids who were at the crime scene when it happened.”
The mom said the Shih Tzu snatching took place Wednesday around 4:30 p.m., in a grassy area approximately 250 feet from the park entrance at 79th Street and Fifth Avenue.
The family nanny, Jonahlyn, had brought 5-year-old Kenzo and 3-year-old Hope to the sprawling park about an hour earlier as part of their “usual” daily routine, which includes pickup from nursery school and kindergarten.
When the nanny was collecting the kids to go home, she could not find Panda, who had been unleashed, but nearby.