The RSPCA is acting after new figures reveal it gets at least one call a week from distraught owners in the region whose pets have been blasted by pellets.
The campaign follows a plea for greater control of the weapons from a leading Wigan vet.
Earlier this month, Anrich Veterinary Hospital's Dr Shams Mir was forced to operate to save a Wigan cat which had been shot in the head.
The charity now says that it is "gravely concerned" about the scourge of airgun attacks on animals which is leaving pets and wild birds maimed or killed. The most common targets are pet cats, wild birds and water birds, although wild mammals and dogs are also regularly killed or injured by air guns.
Last year, the RSPCA received almost 200 calls regarding airgun incidents across the North West.
Wigan regional superintendent of the RSPCA David Millard said that "mindless airgun attacks" on pets and wildlife was a "serious and worsening" problem.
He fears that the figures only provided a "snapshot" of the scale of the cruelty involved.
The RSPCA believes there needs to be more publicity warning of the recent law change which has banned under-18s from possession of an airgun without supervision.
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