A Bowling Green man is recovering after a dog attacked him in his own front yard.

Jason Berry, WBKO's own weekend meteorologist, was headed to work when authorities say a stray dog lunged at his arm and face in his driveway.

Animal control officers say a tight economy is causing the number of stray dogs on the streets to climb.

"I'm very nervous about that," said Darla Day, a neighbor in the Woodstone Road community.

Day is concerned that a vicious stray dog may be in her very own neighborhood.

"I have a two-year-old and we sometimes take him up and down the street in a stroller," she said.

Day lives right across the street from where authorities say a dog attack took place.

"The pain really started to set in when we were in the ambulance. It was bad," said Jason Berry, who was attacked by the animal.

Berry was headed to work, but ended up at the emergency room.

He says a dog came into his yard, dug its teeth into his arm and its claws into his head.

"My guess is it was trying to bring me down. I kind of fought it a little bit. I think the whole thing lasted 90 seconds or so," Berry said.

Robert Boyden, with Warren County Animal Control, says tough times are causing more strays.

"People are letting their dogs leave and wander loose," he said. "The problem with that is a lot of these dogs are getting hungry and they're starting to look for food any way they can."

And that's why he's urging people to be cautious around stray animals in Warren County.

"You don't know what their intent is," he said.

"It's in their nature to kill and who's to say that dog wasn't going to try to kill me?" Berry said. "It's a scary situation."

Animal control officials say they're looking for a black dog, around two-feet tall, with a gray chest and pointed ears in the Mooreman Lane-Woodstone Road area.

Anyone with information is asked to call 270-842-1633.