# How Intelligent Must an Animal Be Before We Refuse to Eat It by Diana Reiss
> “How smart does another animal have to be for us to decide not to eat it?”
> **— Diana Reiss**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question*
## Sources and Context
- **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Diana Reiss](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27574) — Diana Reiss's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question.
- **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-152).
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