Debbie Does Dallas star Robin Byrd had pushed her hand behind a plant pot to investigate a growling noise when she was bitten

A porn star has been rushed to hospital and treated for rabies, after being bitten by a raccoon.

Debbie Does Dallas star Robin Byrd, now 58, has reassured her fans she plans to fight her way to recovery after being bitten by the animal.

The star of the cult porn film has now described how she had heard a ‘growling’ noise, and when she reached round a plant pot to investigate – her finger was bitten.

“I stomped on the deck and I heard a growling, like, ‘Grrr’,” she told the New York Post’s Page Six. “I thought it was a cat.”

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