Wildlife exclusion systems and methods for railway tracks

A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:

• an exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods that are configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area.

A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:

• an exclusion arrangement including one or more elevated static elongated conductive rods that are configured to deliver an electric shock to a wild animal when contacted by the wild animal to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animal from entering a restricted area.