FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky officials are still searching for a black bear that mauled a hiker in the Red River Gorge area of the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Barbara Atwood, spokeswoman for the Tourism Arts and Heritage Cabinet, said several Fish and Wildlife officers were walking the gorge in Kentucky Wednesday afternoon in pursuit of the animal.

Atwood says the search area has been expanded several times since the attack on Sunday and that traps baited with doughnuts and honey buns also are being used.

Tim Scott of Springfield said the bear attacked, bit and shook him while he was hiking through the area. He was treated at a Lexington hospital and released Monday.

Atwood said Kentucky has an estimated 100 to 150 bears, most of them in the southeastern part of the state.