What makes us better than animals?

What makes us better than animals? Intelligence, we have come this far due to us being superior intelligence wise. We're way ahead of other species when it comes to things such as communication. Our overall intelligence is what lead to us leading the planet though.

Should we eat animals at this point? No, we don't need to eat them in order to survive. It's 2018, we have an alternative for all the animal products, it's just that humans are cold-hearted enough that they would support mass slaughter just to taste a certain flavor. Research actually shows that the majority of the animal products are bad for us, yet we still continue to consume them. We're more intelligent and developed than every other species, yet we still haven't come far enough as a society to do things that are the best for us as a whole.