[AnotherUnixGeek]

Instead, Chris Paulson grabbed the lynx by the scruff of its neck, lifted it off the ground and scooped it from the coop.

Lift a cat up by the scruff of its neck and you give it plenty of ability to turn around and shred your arm. If a wild lynx wants a chicken, I'll worry about stopping him after he's left.

[hinckley buzzard]

Grab a cat by the scruff just right and it will go passive and still. When we had cats we used to ‘turn them off’ like that all the time. it’s a reflex they have from kitten hood, when the mother might need to get them out of harms way, picking them up in her mouth. Of course you have to be able to get behind them to do it.