An animal welfare symposium, focusing on topics such as pet overpopulation, alternative veterinary medicine and animal hospice care for pets, will be held June 4-6 at UC Davis. Friday sessions will be held at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, and Saturday and Sunday meetings will be in Room 170 of Schalm Hall in the Medical Sciences Complex. The public symposium, following the theme of "Positive Outcomes for People and Animals," incorporates two programs. On Friday and Saturday, the California Council of Companion Animal Advocates will host the fifth annual Pet Overpopulation Symposium. Guest speakers and panelists will discuss the process of matching adoptive pets with appropriate owners, why animal owners take pets to shelters, feral or ownerless cats, animal behavior topics, and humane methods of animal-population control. Saturday afternoon and Sunday, the Pet Loss Support Hotline celebrates its 10th anniversary with a range of presentations. The hotline offers support and referral services to grieving pet owners after, or in anticipation of, a pet's death. Included will be reviews of education programs aimed at teaching responsible pet ownership, veterinary student volunteer projects, animal contraception and new hospice care services for dying pets. Alternative therapies for companion animals, including acupuncture, chiropractic and other treatments, also will be discussed Bonnie Mader, coordinator of the Pet Loss Support Hotline, will outline a new Program for Veterinary Family Practice designed to address non-medical, client-oriented issues in veterinary medicine.