Humans may have totally over taken the planet earth but that doesn't means that we are the owners of this planet. Being the most intelligent species comes with responsibilities. We have urbanized this planet. n other words we have destroyed the home of many species. Biodiversity is way more important for our survival than we realize. We should let other live if not for them but ourselves.
True, us owning the planet is a very self entitled thinking solely because us as a species is the smartest and could very well "use" the resources of this planet. We do not own the planet. We are merely leasing it. The planet (mother nature) could kill us off by mutating a virus to just kill off humans. We forget that the planet could survive without humans and it's living species in it. But we could never live much less survive without a planet. So let's take of it