No, Team Rocket's evil.

They basically do the cartoon version of this:
Rocket Grunt: Hey cute dog
pet owner: thanks! he's my best friend.
*rocket grunt shoots pet owner in the chest* BANG!
*dog begins barking*
Rocket Grunt: I'm taking it.
Pet Owner: *screaming loudly in agony on the ground as they bleed out*
Rocket Grunt: shut up you mutt
*Rocket Grunt kicks and beats up the the dog a bit until it stops resisting*
Dog: whine....
*Rocket Grunt then picks up the dog by the collar*
Rocket Grunt: Your a rare breed, I'mma sell you for so much money.
*pet owner dies from gunshot wound, dog is sold illegally and shipped to some random country*

like they literally are thugs who take your beloved pet by any force necessary to sell for cold hard cash without caring what happens to you or what pain it causes as long as they get their benefit. inflicting cruelty for their own benefit its evil by any definition of the word.