We have killed half of all the flying insects in my lifetime alone. We have killed half of all the woodland mammals; over half of the aquatic mammals; indeed, over half of all the aquatic creatures larger than about my fist, all in my lifetime.

And the rates of extermination are only increasing.

The fact that most of your quotes are 300 years old, and nothing in your article is newer than 50 years old, should give some indication as to vacuousness of it.