Looks like they won 5 out of 6 ballot iniatives this election as well as shot down Sunday hunting in West Virginia. In 2000 they won 5 out of 9.

A few quotes from the USSA:

"Arkansas voters appear to have overwhelmingly rejected Initiated Act 1, a poorly worded animal cruelty act opposed by the state’s sporting and agriculture communities. With 69 percent of the vote tabulated, the Act was being defeated 64 percent to 36 percent"

"In Oklahoma, animal rights groups successfully banned cockfighting with the passage of Ballot Question 687 by a vote of 56 percent to 44 percent. At the same time, they defeated Ballot Question 698 that would have raised the bar to qualify future ballot issues attempting to restrict animal uses. The issue was defeated 53 percent to 47 percent."

"In Florida, animal rights organizations successfully championed a constitutional amendment granting special rights to pregnant hogs. Amendment 10, which passed 55 percent to 45 percent, is viewed by many as a trial balloon for similar ballot issues in hog producing states in future years."

The Initiative process is the prefered (and most successful) tool of the AR movement. They have used it to ban trapping in a number of states, and hound hunting and baiting in at least three. It is important to organize early and have the finacial 'warchest' and structure in place with which to fight. Through the HHC-PAC, CRWM, and the WWC we have all of this. The WWC has individual memeberships as well as group members. They are opposed to box box biology - game management thru the intiative process. They are helping fund two lawsuits at this time, one of which would end use of the initiative process for game mamagement in Washington State and would also overturn the ban on hounds, bait, and traps.

Please get involved and have your organizations get involved as well:
http://www.w4wc.org