Adults raise the young falcons until they are four weeks old. The young are then shipped to other wildlife agencies across Canada for release. If nesting adults available, young of a similar age are added to the wild young or fostered. However, should no nesting pair be available, a hack or release box is constructed and located in a desirable release location. Young are placed into the hack box or hacked and released at six weeks of age, when they fly.
Humans continue providing food until the young acquire the necessary hunting skills and migrate.
From the first releases in 1975 to 1991, agencies released over 1,000 young. Captive-raised released young now nest successfully in the wild, in areas from which they had disappeared some time ago. In recent years, Peregrines also raised young successfully in cities such as Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Montreal. The wild populations of the Yukon and Northwest Territories continue to increase. More releases are needed in the southern part of Alberta and in Ontario to fulfill the recovery plan goal of self-sustaining populations throughout the historic range of the Peregrine Falcon.