To be fair, I'd rather put my dog down than put it through chemo.
Humans can understand the agony is for a reason. Your pet can't. Don't keep your pets alive for yourself.
Also, is it really so shitty for a publication to provide tips on cutting costs when the economy is in the shitter? Im sure most news sites are barely hanging on by a thread, so it's not like they're benefiting from the economy being fucked.