Changing weather patterns and extreme conditions have always been among the challenges of rearing and releasing gamebirds. Moving birds from rearing fields at earlier hours of the day may not please the staff, but might become the norm. Prevention is achieved through client education as challenges arise, as well as through annual health plans and assurance schemes such as the Trusted Game Scheme. What a Trusted Game audit gathers as evidenceThrough the Trusted Game Scheme, vets can advise shoots on legal requirements relating to the handling, storage and transport of game. Rita Alves is director of Trusted Game.